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Monday, 8 August 1983
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 12:47 AM, Aug 09
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:20 PM
Avoid
7:29 AM â 9:08 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:53 PM
Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings â tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 9 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Wed, 10 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Sun, 14 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:29 AM â 9:08 AM
10:47 AM â 12:26 PM
2:05 PM â 3:44 PM
11:07 AM â 12:53 PM, 3:31 PM â 5:17 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:54 AM
Moonset6:51 PM
Siddhi until 8:52 AM
Chatushpada
Somavara
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