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Friday, 23 October 2020
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 6:57 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:30 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:27 AM, Oct 24
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM – 12:27 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Sat, 24 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 27 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
2:52 PM – 4:15 PM
7:54 AM – 9:18 AM
10:58 AM – 12:27 PM, 2:41 PM – 4:10 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
Moonrise12:57 PM
Moonset11:48 PM
Dhriti until 1:21 AM, Oct 24
Vanija
Shukravara
Your observances
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