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Saturday, 31 January 1976

What matters on this day

Pausha Krishna Paksha until 11:50 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:14 AM

Sunset5:54 PM

Nakshatra until 11:56 PM

Avoid 9:54 AM – 11:14 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:54 AM – 11:14 AM

1:54 PM – 3:14 PM

7:14 AM – 8:34 AM

9:22 AM – 10:47 AM

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

Moonrise7:06 AM

Moonset6:09 PM

Siddhi until 10:45 AM

Naga

Shanivara

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