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Tuesday, 29 October 2052

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 10:28 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:35 AM

Sunset5:34 PM

Nakshatra until 4:00 PM

Avoid 2:49 PM – 4:11 PM

Auspicious 11:42 AM – 12:26 PM

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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:49 PM – 4:11 PM

9:19 AM – 10:42 AM

12:04 PM – 1:27 PM

8:47 AM – 10:14 AM, 4:06 PM – 5:34 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise12:02 PM

Moonset10:43 PM

Dhriti until 6:26 AM, Oct 30

Taitila

Mangalavara

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