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Friday, 3 September 1948

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 4:51 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:03 AM

Sunset6:36 PM

Nakshatra until 9:59 AM

Avoid 10:46 AM – 12:20 PM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:45 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

10:46 AM – 12:20 PM

3:28 PM – 5:02 PM

7:37 AM – 9:12 AM

11:05 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:16 PM – 4:56 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

Moonrise5:32 AM

Moonset6:39 PM

Siddha until 11:37 PM

Chatushpada

Shukravara

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