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Friday, 19 November 2021

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:27 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:50 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 4:28 AM, Nov 20

Avoid 10:47 AM – 12:06 PM

Auspicious 11:45 AM – 12:27 PM

Kartik PurnimaPurnima The full moon of Kartika: river bathing at dawn, lamps at dusk, and — on the same date — Guru Nanak's birth anniversary for Sikhs and the Karthigai Deepam lamp festival in Tamil Nadu. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:47 AM – 12:06 PM

2:44 PM – 4:02 PM

8:09 AM – 9:28 AM

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

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:26 PM

Moonset6:34 AM

Parigha until 3:50 AM, Nov 20

Bava

Shukravara

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