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Monday, 20 August 1990

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 6:09 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:56 AM

Sunset6:52 PM

Nakshatra until 11:56 AM

Avoid 7:33 AM – 9:10 AM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:50 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

7:33 AM – 9:10 AM

10:47 AM – 12:24 PM

2:01 PM – 3:38 PM

11:06 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM – 5:08 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:25 AM

Moonset6:53 PM

Variyan until 6:34 AM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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