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Sunday, 24 October 2066

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 5:29 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:31 AM

Sunset5:38 PM

Nakshatra until 8:36 AM

Avoid 4:15 PM – 5:38 PM

Auspicious 11:42 AM – 12:27 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

4:15 PM – 5:38 PM

12:05 PM – 1:28 PM

2:51 PM – 4:15 PM

1:11 PM – 2:40 PM, 4:09 PM – 5:38 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:46 AM

Moonset10:26 PM

Atiganda until 9:17 AM

Kaulava

Ravivara

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