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Tuesday, 8 October 2024
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 11:18 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:08 AM, Oct 09
Avoid
3:01 PM – 4:28 PM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Wed, 9 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Fri, 11 Oct
- Ayudha Pooja in 3 days Fri, 11 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:01 PM – 4:28 PM
9:15 AM – 10:41 AM
12:08 PM – 1:35 PM
8:40 AM – 10:12 AM, 4:22 PM – 5:55 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
Moonrise11:00 AM
Moonset9:36 PM
Ayushman until 6:50 AM
Balava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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