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Thursday, 9 July 1998

What matters on this day

Ashadha Shukla Paksha until 9:30 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:34 AM

Sunset7:18 PM

Nakshatra until 3:23 AM, Jul 10

Avoid 2:09 PM – 3:52 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:53 PM

Guru PurnimaPurnima The day the teacher is honoured — Vyasa as the archetype, and one's own teacher in practice. The traditional start of the four-month chaturmasya retreat for ascetics. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:09 PM – 3:52 PM

5:34 AM – 7:17 AM

9:00 AM – 10:43 AM

12:53 PM – 2:43 PM, 5:28 PM – 7:18 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise7:13 PM

Moonset4:55 AM

Indra until 9:15 PM

Vishti

Guruvara

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