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Tuesday, 22 August 1922

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 2:03 AM, Aug 23

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:57 AM

Sunset6:50 PM

Nakshatra until 4:12 PM

Avoid 3:37 PM – 5:13 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:49 PM

Mahalaya AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:37 PM – 5:13 PM

9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

12:23 PM – 2:00 PM

8:31 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:07 PM – 6:50 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

Moonrise4:59 AM

Moonset6:37 PM

Variyan until 7:31 AM

Chatushpada

Mangalavara

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