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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 â 2:50 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM â 12:26 PM
Narak Chaturdashi
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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.
Why today, and how to observe it â
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 â 2:50 PM
6:33 AM â 7:56 AM
9:19 AM â 10:42 AM
12:26 PM â 1:55 PM, 4:07 PM â 5:35 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
Moonrise4:58 AM
Moonset4:53 PM
Vishkumbha until 3:01 AM, Oct 29
Vishti
Guruvara
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