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Sunday, 23 October 2039

What matters on this day

Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 8:18 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:30 AM

Sunset5:40 PM

Nakshatra until 12:26 AM, Oct 24

Avoid 4:16 PM – 5:40 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:27 PM

Shukla ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:16 PM – 5:40 PM

12:05 PM – 1:29 PM

2:52 PM – 4:16 PM

1:12 PM – 2:41 PM, 4:10 PM – 5:40 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

Moonrise12:07 PM

Moonset10:49 PM

Sukarma until 1:47 AM, Oct 24

Taitila

Ravivara

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