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Saturday, 17 July 1943

What matters on this day

Ashadha Shukla Paksha until 6:51 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:37 AM

Sunset8:16 PM

Nakshatra until 12:02 PM

Avoid 10:02 AM – 11:44 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Guru PurnimaPurnima The day the teacher is honoured — Vyasa as the archetype, and one's own teacher in practice. The traditional start of the four-month chaturmasya retreat for ascetics. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:02 AM – 11:44 AM

3:09 PM – 4:51 PM

6:37 AM – 8:20 AM

9:21 AM – 11:10 AM

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

Moonrise8:19 PM

Moonset6:02 AM

Vaidhriti until 3:56 PM

Vishti

Shanivara

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