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Sunday, 18 October 2020
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:27 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:51 AM
Avoid
4:19 PM – 5:44 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Thu, 22 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sat, 24 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 9 days Tue, 27 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:19 PM – 5:44 PM
12:06 PM – 1:30 PM
2:55 PM – 4:19 PM
1:13 PM – 2:43 PM, 4:14 PM – 5:44 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:53 AM
Moonset7:03 PM
Priti until 5:11 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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