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Thursday, 28 October 2027
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 8:48 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:36 AM
Avoid
1:27 PM – 2:50 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM – 12:26 PM
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
- Amavasya tomorrow Fri, 29 Oct
- Govardhan Puja in 2 days Sat, 30 Oct
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sun, 31 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:27 PM – 2:50 PM
6:33 AM – 7:56 AM
9:19 AM – 10:42 AM
12:26 PM – 1:55 PM, 4:07 PM – 5:35 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
Moonrise4:58 AM
Moonset4:53 PM
Vishkumbha until 3:01 AM, Oct 29
Vishti
Guruvara
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