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Sunday, 24 August 1930

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 9:06 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:58 AM

Sunset6:48 PM

Nakshatra until 6:30 PM

Avoid 5:12 PM – 6:48 PM

Auspicious 11:57 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

5:12 PM – 6:48 PM

12:23 PM – 1:59 PM

3:35 PM – 5:12 PM

1:40 PM – 3:23 PM, 5:05 PM – 6:48 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:49 AM

Moonset7:06 PM

Parigha until 7:03 AM

Naga

Ravivara

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