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Friday, 17 October 2042
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 3:13 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:26 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:28 AM
Avoid
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
Auspicious
11:43 AM – 12:28 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Mon, 20 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 22 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 25 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
2:56 PM – 4:20 PM
7:51 AM – 9:16 AM
10:58 AM – 12:28 PM, 2:44 PM – 4:15 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
Moonrise9:01 AM
Moonset7:50 PM
Ayushman until 11:43 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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