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Thursday, 25 October 2074

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 10:07 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:32 AM

Sunset5:37 PM

Nakshatra until 11:15 AM

Avoid 1:28 PM – 2:51 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

1:28 PM – 2:51 PM

6:32 AM – 7:55 AM

9:18 AM – 10:41 AM

12:27 PM – 1:55 PM, 4:09 PM – 5:37 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:35 AM

Moonset10:14 PM

Atiganda until 10:16 AM

Kaulava

Guruvara

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