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Tuesday, 15 October 1974

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 5:54 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:25 AM

Sunset5:48 PM

Nakshatra until 9:38 AM

Avoid 2:57 PM – 4:23 PM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:29 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

2:57 PM – 4:23 PM

9:16 AM – 10:41 AM

12:06 PM – 1:32 PM

8:42 AM – 10:13 AM, 4:17 PM – 5:48 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:54 AM

Moonset5:48 PM

Vaidhriti until 11:24 PM

Chatushpada

Mangalavara

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