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Monday, 12 October 2026
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 10:13 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:23 AM
Sunset5:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:52 PM
Avoid
7:49 AM – 9:15 AM
Auspicious
11:44 AM – 12:30 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Fri, 16 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Mon, 19 Oct
- Durga Ashtami in 7 days Mon, 19 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:49 AM – 9:15 AM
10:41 AM – 12:07 PM
1:33 PM – 2:59 PM
10:58 AM – 12:30 PM, 2:47 PM – 4:19 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:42 AM
Moonset6:59 PM
Vishkumbha until 8:32 PM
Balava
Somavara
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