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Friday, 20 October 2028
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 11:32 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:29 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:58 PM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Chhath Puja in 3 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Skanda Sashti in 3 days Mon, 23 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 25 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:05 PM
2:54 PM – 4:18 PM
7:53 AM – 9:17 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:42 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise8:38 AM
Moonset7:33 PM
Ayushman until 6:26 PM
Taitila
Shukravara
Your observances
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