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Sunday, 21 October 1979

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 7:53 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:29 AM

Sunset5:42 PM

Nakshatra until 1:59 PM

Avoid 4:18 PM – 5:42 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:28 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

4:18 PM – 5:42 PM

12:05 PM – 1:29 PM

2:54 PM – 4:18 PM

1:13 PM – 2:42 PM, 4:12 PM – 5:42 PM

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

Moonrise6:25 AM

Moonset5:56 PM

Vishkumbha until 7:11 PM

Naga

Ravivara

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