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Thursday, 26 August 1965

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 12:20 AM, Aug 27

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:59 AM

Sunset6:45 PM

Nakshatra until 8:36 AM

Avoid 1:58 PM – 3:34 PM

Auspicious 11:57 AM – 12:48 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

1:58 PM – 3:34 PM

5:59 AM – 7:35 AM

9:11 AM – 10:47 AM

12:48 PM – 2:30 PM, 5:03 PM – 6:45 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:06 AM

Moonset6:35 PM

Parigha until 2:36 PM

Chatushpada

Guruvara

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