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Friday, 8 October 2021
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 10:48 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:59 PM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:08 PM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Mon, 11 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 13 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 16 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:08 PM
3:01 PM – 4:28 PM
7:48 AM – 9:15 AM
10:59 AM – 12:31 PM, 2:50 PM – 4:22 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
Moonrise8:05 AM
Moonset7:22 PM
Vishkumbha until 10:03 PM
Kaulava
Shukravara
Your observances
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