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Sunday, 11 October 2026

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 9:31 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:23 AM

Sunset5:52 PM

Nakshatra until 10:32 PM

Avoid 4:26 PM – 5:52 PM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:30 PM

Sharada Navaratri Nine nights of worship of the Goddess, concluding in Vijayadashami. What is actually done varies more by region than almost any other festival: a fast and a pot in the north, a five-day public Durga Puja in Bengal, a doll display in the south, garba in Gujarat. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:26 PM – 5:52 PM

12:07 PM – 1:33 PM

3:00 PM – 4:26 PM

1:16 PM – 2:48 PM, 4:20 PM – 5:52 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

Moonrise6:44 AM

Moonset6:22 PM

Vaidhriti until 9:05 PM

Kimstughna

Ravivara

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