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Thursday, 4 September 1986

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 12:40 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:04 AM

Sunset6:35 PM

Nakshatra until 4:44 AM, Sep 05

Avoid 1:54 PM – 3:28 PM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:45 PM

Mahalaya 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

1:54 PM – 3:28 PM

6:04 AM – 7:38 AM

9:12 AM – 10:46 AM

12:45 PM – 2:25 PM, 4:55 PM – 6:35 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:48 AM

Moonset6:44 PM

Siddha until 8:08 PM

Naga

Guruvara

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