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Sunday, 18 October 2026
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 8:28 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:49 PM
Avoid
4:20 PM – 5:44 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Other traditions are observing something today; see below.
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Mon, 19 Oct
- Durga Ashtami tomorrow Mon, 19 Oct
- Ayudha Pooja tomorrow Mon, 19 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:20 PM – 5:44 PM
12:06 PM – 1:30 PM
2:55 PM – 4:20 PM
1:13 PM – 2:44 PM, 4:14 PM – 5:44 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
Moonrise12:54 PM
Moonset11:37 PM
Sukarma until 11:56 PM
Vanija
Ravivara
Your observances
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