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Wednesday, 7 November 2029
What matters on this day
Kartik Shukla Paksha until 2:37 AM, Nov 08
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:41 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:16 AM
Avoid
12:04 PM – 1:25 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
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.
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Coming up
- Chhath Puja in 4 days Sun, 11 Nov
- Skanda Sashti in 4 days Sun, 11 Nov
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sun, 11 Nov
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:04 PM – 1:25 PM
8:02 AM – 9:23 AM
10:43 AM – 12:04 PM
1:09 PM – 2:35 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
Moonrise7:42 AM
Moonset6:35 PM
Shobhana until 2:13 AM, Nov 08
Balava
Budhavara
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