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Friday, 20 November 2020

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 9:30 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:51 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 9:22 AM

Avoid 10:48 AM – 12:06 PM

Auspicious 11:45 AM – 12:27 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

10:48 AM – 12:06 PM

2:44 PM – 4:02 PM

8:10 AM – 9:29 AM

11:03 AM – 12:27 PM, 2:33 PM – 3:57 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:36 AM

Moonset10:36 PM

Ganda until 8:01 AM

Kaulava

Shukravara

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