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Monday, 16 October 2079

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 8:14 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:26 AM

Sunset5:46 PM

Nakshatra until 1:09 AM, Oct 17

Avoid 7:51 AM – 9:16 AM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:29 PM

Krishna ShashtiShashti 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

7:51 AM – 9:16 AM

10:41 AM – 12:06 PM

1:31 PM – 2:56 PM

10:58 AM – 12:29 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM

These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →

Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:45 PM

Moonset12:06 PM

Parigha until 4:48 PM

Vanija

Somavara

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