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Tuesday, 12 October 2021
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 9:48 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:23 AM
Sunset5:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:26 AM
Avoid
2:59 PM – 4:25 PM
Auspicious
11:44 AM – 12:30 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Wed, 13 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 16 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 17 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:59 PM – 4:25 PM
9:15 AM – 10:41 AM
12:07 PM – 1:33 PM
8:41 AM – 10:12 AM, 4:19 PM – 5:50 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
Moonrise12:26 PM
Moonset11:04 PM
Shobhana until 8:49 AM
Gara
Mangalavara
Your observances
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