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Sunday, 8 November 2026
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 11:28 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:42 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:24 AM, Nov 09
Avoid
4:06 PM – 5:27 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:26 PM
AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
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Narak Chaturdashi
The morning of the ceremonial oil bath, kept before sunrise. Sesame oil and ubtan are applied, the bath is taken in the dark, and in many households new clothes are worn afterwards. Where it falls with Diwali it is the morning of that day.
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Deepavali
The festival of lamps, spread over up to five days: Dhanteras, Naraka Chaturdashi, the Lakshmi Puja on Amavasya, Govardhan Puja or Bali Pratipada, and Bhai Dooj.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Tue, 10 Nov
- Govardhan Puja in 2 days Tue, 10 Nov
- Gurgaddi Diwas Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in 3 days Wed, 11 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:06 PM – 5:27 PM
12:04 PM – 1:25 PM
2:46 PM – 4:06 PM
1:09 PM – 2:35 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:27 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
Moonrise5:32 AM
Moonset4:57 PM
Ayushman until 3:03 AM, Nov 09
Shakuni
Ravivara
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