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Tuesday, 15 August 1939
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 9:23 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:53 AM
Sunset6:57 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:52 AM
Avoid
3:41 PM â 5:19 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:51 PM
Bhaumvati AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings â tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Wed, 16 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 20 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 21 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:41 PM â 5:19 PM
9:09 AM â 10:47 AM
12:25 PM â 2:03 PM
8:30 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:12 PM â 6:57 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:43 AM
Moonset7:15 PM
Variyan until 2:03 PM
Naga
Mangalavara
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