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Thursday, 17 October 2019
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 6:48 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:51 PM
Avoid
1:31 PM – 2:56 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:29 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi tomorrow Fri, 18 Oct
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Sun, 20 Oct
- Rama Ekadashi in 7 days Thu, 24 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:31 PM – 2:56 PM
6:26 AM – 7:51 AM
9:16 AM – 10:41 AM
12:29 PM – 1:59 PM, 4:15 PM – 5:46 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
Moonrise8:06 PM
Moonset9:20 AM
Vyatipata until 4:13 AM, Oct 18
Vishti
Guruvara
Your observances
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