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Friday, 18 October 2024
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 1:15 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:26 PM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 4 days Tue, 22 Oct
- Kalashtami in 6 days Thu, 24 Oct
- Rama Ekadashi in 9 days Sun, 27 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
2:55 PM – 4:19 PM
7:52 AM – 9:16 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:14 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
Moonrise6:30 PM
Moonset7:06 AM
Vajra until 9:34 PM
Kaulava
Shukravara
Your observances
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