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Thursday, 12 September 1996

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 4:37 AM, Sep 13

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:08 AM

Sunset6:25 PM

Nakshatra until 4:41 AM, Sep 13

Avoid 1:49 PM – 3:21 PM

Auspicious 11:52 AM – 12:41 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

1:49 PM – 3:21 PM

6:08 AM – 7:40 AM

9:12 AM – 10:44 AM

12:41 PM – 2:20 PM, 4:47 PM – 6:25 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:18 AM

Moonset6:12 PM

Sadhya until 4:44 AM, Sep 13

Chatushpada

Guruvara

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