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Monday, 31 August 1970

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 3:31 AM, Sep 01

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:02 AM

Sunset6:40 PM

Nakshatra until 12:54 AM, Sep 01

Avoid 7:36 AM – 9:11 AM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:46 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

7:36 AM – 9:11 AM

10:46 AM – 12:21 PM

1:56 PM – 3:31 PM

11:05 AM – 12:46 PM, 3:18 PM – 4:59 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:15 AM

Moonset6:28 PM

Shiva until 10:41 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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