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Saturday, 31 October 2026

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 4:57 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:36 AM

Sunset5:33 PM

Nakshatra until 7:12 AM

Avoid 9:20 AM – 10:42 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Krishna ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:20 AM – 10:42 AM

1:26 PM – 2:48 PM

6:36 AM – 7:58 AM

8:47 AM – 10:15 AM

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

Moonrise10:32 PM

Moonset11:48 AM

Siddha until 5:31 PM

Vanija

Shanivara

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