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Tuesday, 24 October 2023

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 3:14 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:31 AM

Sunset5:39 PM

Nakshatra until 3:27 PM

Avoid 2:52 PM – 4:15 PM

Auspicious 11:42 AM – 12:27 PM

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

2:52 PM – 4:15 PM

9:18 AM – 10:41 AM

12:05 PM – 1:28 PM

8:44 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:10 PM – 5:39 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

Moonrise2:46 PM

Moonset1:20 AM

Ganda until 3:39 PM

Gara

Mangalavara

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