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Friday, 16 October 2026
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 5:54 AM, Oct 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:47 AM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:29 PM
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
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- Ayudha Pooja in 3 days Mon, 19 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
2:56 PM – 4:21 PM
7:51 AM – 9:16 AM
10:58 AM – 12:29 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:16 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
Moonrise11:21 AM
Moonset9:53 PM
Shobhana until 10:05 PM
Kaulava
Shukravara
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