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Tuesday, 17 October 2023
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 1:26 AM, Oct 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:31 PM
Avoid
2:56 PM – 4:21 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:29 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Fri, 20 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Sun, 22 Oct
- Ayudha Pooja in 6 days Mon, 23 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:56 PM – 4:21 PM
9:16 AM – 10:41 AM
12:06 PM – 1:31 PM
8:42 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:15 PM – 5:46 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
Moonrise8:35 AM
Moonset7:32 PM
Priti until 9:21 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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