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Thursday, 19 October 2028
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 1:59 AM, Oct 20
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:28 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:58 PM
Avoid
1:30 PM – 2:54 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
Chandra Darshan
The evening on which the new moon's crescent is first seen after Amavasya, low in the west shortly after sunset. Seeing it is held to be auspicious, and in many households the day's fast is broken only after the sighting.
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Bhai Dooj
The day sisters apply the tilak to their brothers and feed them, and brothers give a gift in return. It closes the Diwali sequence for most households.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Chhath Puja in 4 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Skanda Sashti in 4 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 25 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:30 PM – 2:54 PM
6:28 AM – 7:52 AM
9:17 AM – 10:41 AM
12:28 PM – 1:58 PM, 4:13 PM – 5:43 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
Moonrise7:30 AM
Moonset6:45 PM
Priti until 9:43 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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