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Saturday, 12 October 2024

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 10:59 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:24 AM

Sunset5:50 PM

Nakshatra until 4:27 AM, Oct 13

Avoid 9:15 AM – 10:41 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:15 AM – 10:41 AM

1:33 PM – 2:58 PM

6:24 AM – 7:49 AM

8:41 AM – 10:12 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

Moonrise2:23 PM

Moonset12:26 AM

Dhriti until 12:21 AM, Oct 13

Kaulava

Shanivara

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