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Friday, 31 October 1997

What matters on this day

Ashwin Krishna Paksha until 3:31 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:36 AM

Sunset5:33 PM

Nakshatra until 2:50 AM, Nov 01

Avoid 10:42 AM – 12:04 PM

Auspicious 11:42 AM – 12:26 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:42 AM – 12:04 PM

2:48 PM – 4:10 PM

7:58 AM – 9:20 AM

10:58 AM – 12:26 PM, 2:37 PM – 4:05 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

Moonrise6:16 AM

Moonset5:36 PM

Priti until 12:24 PM

Naga

Shukravara

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