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Wednesday, 19 November 2042

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 9:01 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:50 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 1:05 AM, Nov 20

Avoid 12:06 PM – 1:25 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. 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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Inauspicious periods

12:06 PM – 1:25 PM

8:09 AM – 9:28 AM

10:47 AM – 12:06 PM

1:09 PM – 2:33 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:59 AM

Moonset11:06 PM

Vriddhi until 1:24 AM, Nov 20

Taitila

Budhavara

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