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Friday, 12 August 1988

What matters on this day

Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 6:00 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:52 AM

Sunset6:59 PM

Nakshatra until 1:29 AM, Aug 13

Avoid 10:47 AM – 12:25 PM

Auspicious 11:59 AM – 12:52 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

10:47 AM – 12:25 PM

3:42 PM – 5:20 PM

7:30 AM – 9:09 AM

11:07 AM – 12:52 PM, 3:29 PM – 5:14 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

Moonrise5:25 AM

Moonset7:00 PM

Vyatipata until 6:56 AM

Naga

Shukravara

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