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Sunday, 16 November 2053

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 3:09 AM, Nov 17

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:48 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 10:17 PM

Avoid 4:03 PM – 5:22 PM

Auspicious 11:44 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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Inauspicious periods

4:03 PM – 5:22 PM

12:05 PM – 1:25 PM

2:44 PM – 4:03 PM

1:09 PM – 2:33 PM, 3:58 PM – 5:22 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:30 AM

Moonset10:20 PM

Ganda until 4:11 AM, Nov 17

Kaulava

Ravivara

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