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Wednesday, 21 October 2026
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 2:12 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:48 PM
Avoid
12:05 PM – 1:29 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
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
- Papankusha Ekadashi tomorrow Thu, 22 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Fri, 23 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 4 days Sun, 25 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:05 PM – 1:29 PM
7:53 AM – 9:17 AM
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
1:12 PM – 2:42 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
Moonrise2:50 PM
Moonset1:26 AM
Ganda until 12:33 AM, Oct 22
Gara
Budhavara
Your observances
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