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Monday, 17 October 2022
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 9:30 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:12 AM, Oct 18
Avoid
7:51 AM – 9:16 AM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:29 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Kalashtami tomorrow Tue, 18 Oct
- Rama Ekadashi in 4 days Fri, 21 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Sun, 23 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:51 AM – 9:16 AM
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
1:31 PM – 2:56 PM
10:58 AM – 12:29 PM, 2:44 PM – 4:15 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
Moonrise11:34 PM
Moonset12:53 PM
Shiva until 4:00 PM
Bava
Somavara
Your observances
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