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Monday, 16 October 2023
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 1:13 AM, Oct 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:47 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:35 PM
Avoid
7:51 AM – 9:16 AM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:29 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Fri, 20 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sun, 22 Oct
- Ayudha Pooja in 7 days Mon, 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, 2:45 PM – 4:16 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:37 AM
Moonset6:51 PM
Vishkumbha until 10:03 AM
Balava
Somavara
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