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Wednesday, 5 October 2022

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 12:00 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:19 AM

Sunset5:58 PM

Nakshatra until 9:15 PM

Avoid 12:09 PM – 1:36 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Vijayadashami The tenth day. Durga's victory over Mahishasura in the east and south; Rama's victory over Ravana in the north. Also the day tools, instruments and books are honoured, and the traditional day to begin learning. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

12:09 PM – 1:36 PM

7:47 AM – 9:14 AM

10:42 AM – 12:09 PM

1:19 PM – 2:52 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

Moonrise3:07 PM

Moonset1:16 AM

Sukarma until 8:20 AM

Gara

Budhavara

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