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Friday, 21 September 1979

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 3:16 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:12 AM

Sunset6:16 PM

Nakshatra until 2:52 AM, Sep 22

Avoid 10:43 AM – 12:14 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:38 PM

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

10:43 AM – 12:14 PM

3:15 PM – 4:45 PM

7:42 AM – 9:13 AM

11:01 AM – 12:38 PM, 3:03 PM – 4:39 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:53 AM

Moonset6:20 PM

Shubha until 11:51 AM

Naga

Shukravara

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