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Saturday, 16 October 2021

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:38 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:26 AM

Sunset5:46 PM

Nakshatra until 9:21 AM

Avoid 9:16 AM – 10:41 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Papankusha EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:16 AM – 10:41 AM

1:31 PM – 2:56 PM

6:26 AM – 7:51 AM

8:42 AM – 10:13 AM

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

Moonrise3:26 PM

Moonset2:11 AM

Ganda until 10:40 PM

Vishti

Shanivara

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