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Tuesday, 16 August 1966

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 5:17 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:54 AM

Sunset6:56 PM

Nakshatra until 5:39 PM

Avoid 3:40 PM – 5:18 PM

Auspicious 11:59 AM – 12:51 PM

Bhaumvati 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

3:40 PM – 5:18 PM

9:09 AM – 10:47 AM

12:25 PM – 2:03 PM

8:30 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:11 PM – 6:56 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

Moonrise5:21 AM

Moonset6:59 PM

Variyan until 5:58 PM

Chatushpada

Mangalavara

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