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Thursday, 21 October 2021
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 10:16 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:17 PM
Avoid
1:29 PM – 2:53 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Sun, 24 Oct
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Wed, 27 Oct
- Kalashtami in 8 days Fri, 29 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:29 PM – 2:53 PM
6:29 AM – 7:53 AM
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
12:28 PM – 1:57 PM, 4:12 PM – 5:41 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
Moonrise6:12 PM
Moonset6:52 AM
Vajra until 8:59 PM
Balava
Guruvara
Your observances
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