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Saturday, 2 September 1978

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 9:38 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:03 AM

Sunset6:38 PM

Nakshatra until 3:52 PM

Avoid 9:11 AM – 10:46 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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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Inauspicious periods

9:11 AM – 10:46 AM

1:55 PM – 3:29 PM

6:03 AM – 7:37 AM

8:34 AM – 10:14 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

Moonrise5:28 AM

Moonset6:34 PM

Shiva until 10:56 AM

Chatushpada

Shanivara

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