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Thursday, 2 November 2028
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:47 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:38 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:09 AM
Avoid
1:26 PM â 2:47 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM â 12:26 PM
Guru Nanak Jayanti
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Kartik PurnimaPurnima
The full moon of Kartika: river bathing at dawn, lamps at dusk, and â on the same date â Guru Nanak's birth anniversary for Sikhs and the Karthigai Deepam lamp festival in Tamil Nadu.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Mon, 6 Nov
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Wed, 8 Nov
- Kalashtami in 8 days Fri, 10 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:26 PM â 2:47 PM
6:38 AM â 7:59 AM
9:21 AM â 10:42 AM
12:26 PM â 1:53 PM, 4:04 PM â 5:31 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
Moonrise5:35 PM
Moonset6:19 AM
Siddhi until 4:23 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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