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Friday, 19 October 2018
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:57 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:24 AM, Oct 20
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Papankusha Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 20 Oct
- Som Pradosh in 3 days Mon, 22 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 5 days Wed, 24 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
2:54 PM – 4:19 PM
7:52 AM – 9:17 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:13 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:46 PM
Moonset1:18 AM
Shula until 10:41 AM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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