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Thursday, 31 October 2024
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 3:53 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:36 AM
Sunset5:32 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:44 AM, Nov 01
Avoid
1:26 PM â 2:48 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM â 12:26 PM
Deepavali
The festival of lamps, spread over up to five days: Dhanteras, Naraka Chaturdashi, the Lakshmi Puja on Amavasya, Govardhan Puja or Bali Pratipada, and Bhai Dooj.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Fri, 1 Nov
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sun, 3 Nov
- Skanda Sashti in 7 days Thu, 7 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:26 PM â 2:48 PM
6:36 AM â 7:58 AM
9:20 AM â 10:42 AM
12:26 PM â 1:53 PM, 4:05 PM â 5:32 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:18 AM
Moonset4:57 PM
Vishkumbha until 9:50 AM
Shakuni
Guruvara
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