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Saturday, 18 November 2023
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 9:18 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:49 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:06 AM, Nov 19
Avoid
9:27 AM – 10:47 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Other traditions are observing something today; see below.
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Skanda Sashti tomorrow Sun, 19 Nov
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Mon, 20 Nov
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 5 days Thu, 23 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:27 AM – 10:47 AM
1:25 PM – 2:44 PM
6:49 AM – 8:08 AM
8:56 AM – 10:20 AM
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
Moonrise11:15 AM
Moonset10:08 PM
Ganda until 2:17 AM, Nov 19
Balava
Shanivara
Your observances
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