WordPress generates date archives automatically, it’s just a thing it does. You see the index.php template probably because there isn’t a more specific one for date archives in your current theme. There are plugins that disable these archives, Yoast SEO is one.
A quick fix is to empty the date archive rewrite rules:
add_filter( 'date_rewrite_rules', function( $rules ){
return array();
} );
Visit the Settings > Permalinks page after adding this to flush rules.
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