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Wednesday, 27 October 2027
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 10:50 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:01 PM
Avoid
12:04 PM â 1:27 PM
Auspicious
â Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Dhanteras
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Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Narak Chaturdashi tomorrow Thu, 28 Oct
- Deepavali tomorrow Thu, 28 Oct
- Amavasya in 2 days Fri, 29 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:04 PM â 1:27 PM
7:56 AM â 9:19 AM
10:41 AM â 12:04 PM
1:11 PM â 2:39 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise3:55 AM
Moonset4:16 PM
Indra until 8:42 AM
Gara
Budhavara
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