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Thursday, 7 November 2024

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 12:35 AM, Nov 08

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:41 AM

Sunset5:27 PM

Nakshatra until 11:47 AM

Avoid 1:25 PM – 2:46 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:26 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

Observed elsewhere today

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Soora Samharam Kept in Tamil Nadu (Tamil)

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Inauspicious periods

1:25 PM – 2:46 PM

6:41 AM – 8:02 AM

9:23 AM – 10:43 AM

12:26 PM – 1:52 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:27 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:33 AM

Moonset10:18 PM

Dhriti until 9:51 AM

Kaulava

Guruvara

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