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Tuesday, 17 October 2028
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 12:05 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:16 PM
Avoid
2:55 PM – 4:20 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 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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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.
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:55 PM – 4:20 PM
9:16 AM – 10:41 AM
12:06 PM – 1:31 PM
8:42 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:14 PM – 5:45 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
Moonrise5:13 AM
Moonset5:19 PM
Indra until 9:38 AM
Shakuni
Mangalavara
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