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Tuesday, 19 October 1971

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 1:28 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:27 AM

Sunset5:44 PM

Nakshatra until 11:16 PM

Avoid 2:55 PM – 4:19 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:28 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

2:55 PM – 4:19 PM

9:16 AM – 10:41 AM

12:06 PM – 1:30 PM

8:43 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:14 PM – 5:44 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:12 AM

Moonset5:50 PM

Vaidhriti until 6:43 AM

Naga

Mangalavara

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