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Thursday, 24 October 2030
What matters on this day
Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 9:06 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:31 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:25 AM, Oct 25
Avoid
1:28 PM – 2:52 PM
Auspicious
11:42 AM – 12:27 PM
Dhanteras
The day the Diwali lamps begin. Households buy metal — traditionally silver or gold, in practice often a steel or brass vessel — and light the Yama deepam, a lamp set outside the door facing south.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sat, 26 Oct
- Govardhan Puja in 3 days Sun, 27 Oct
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Mon, 28 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:28 PM – 2:52 PM
6:31 AM – 7:54 AM
9:18 AM – 10:41 AM
12:27 PM – 1:56 PM, 4:09 PM – 5:39 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
Moonrise3:33 AM
Moonset4:06 PM
Indra until 12:38 AM, Oct 25
Taitila
Guruvara
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