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Sunday, 13 August 1950

What matters on this day

Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 10:18 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:52 AM

Sunset6:59 PM

Nakshatra until 3:21 AM, Aug 14

Avoid 5:20 PM – 6:59 PM

Auspicious 11:59 AM – 12:52 PM

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

5:20 PM – 6:59 PM

12:25 PM – 2:04 PM

3:42 PM – 5:20 PM

1:44 PM – 3:29 PM, 5:14 PM – 6:59 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

Moonrise5:11 AM

Moonset6:53 PM

Vyatipata until 9:18 AM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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