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Monday, 2 October 1978

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 12:10 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:18 AM

Sunset6:02 PM

Nakshatra until 3:20 AM, Oct 03

Avoid 7:46 AM – 9:14 AM

Auspicious 11:46 AM – 12:33 PM

Somvati 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

7:46 AM – 9:14 AM

10:42 AM – 12:10 PM

1:38 PM – 3:06 PM

11:00 AM – 12:33 PM, 2:54 PM – 4:28 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:04 AM

Moonset6:11 PM

Brahma until 5:23 PM

Naga

Somavara

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