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Tuesday, 28 October 2025
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 8:00 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:34 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:45 PM
Avoid
2:50 PM – 4:12 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM – 12:26 PM
Skanda Sashti
Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 30 Oct
- Devutthana Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 2 Nov
- Som Pradosh in 6 days Mon, 3 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:50 PM – 4:12 PM
9:19 AM – 10:42 AM
12:04 PM – 1:27 PM
8:46 AM – 10:14 AM, 4:07 PM – 5:35 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:07 PM
Moonset10:48 PM
Sukarma until 7:50 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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