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Tuesday, 5 August 1986
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 12:05 AM, Aug 06
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset7:05 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:54 PM
Avoid
3:46 PM â 5:25 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:53 PM
Bhaumvati 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
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Thu, 7 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Mon, 11 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 11 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:46 PM â 5:25 PM
9:07 AM â 10:47 AM
12:26 PM â 2:06 PM
8:27 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:19 PM â 7:05 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
Moonrise5:05 AM
Moonset6:57 PM
Siddhi until 2:27 PM
Chatushpada
Mangalavara
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