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Monday, 20 October 2025
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 3:45 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:16 PM
Avoid
7:53 AM â 9:17 AM
Auspicious
11:43 AM â 12:28 PM
Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings â tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
Why today, and how to observe it â
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
Coming up
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Thu, 23 Oct
- Bhai Dooj in 3 days Thu, 23 Oct
- Skanda Sashti in 8 days Tue, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:53 AM â 9:17 AM
10:41 AM â 12:05 PM
1:29 PM â 2:54 PM
10:58 AM â 12:28 PM, 2:42 PM â 4:12 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
Moonrise5:11 AM
Moonset5:09 PM
Vaidhriti until 2:34 AM, Oct 21
Shakuni
Somavara
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