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Sunday, 17 October 2038

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 7:52 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:26 AM

Sunset5:45 PM

Nakshatra until 6:47 AM, Oct 18

Avoid 4:20 PM – 5:45 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:28 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:20 PM – 5:45 PM

12:06 PM – 1:31 PM

2:56 PM – 4:20 PM

1:14 PM – 2:44 PM, 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise8:29 PM

Moonset9:49 AM

Vyatipata until 5:40 PM

Bava

Ravivara

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