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Sunday, 20 September 1998

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 10:31 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:12 AM

Sunset6:16 PM

Nakshatra until 8:34 AM

Avoid 4:46 PM – 6:16 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:38 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

4:46 PM – 6:16 PM

12:14 PM – 1:45 PM

3:15 PM – 4:46 PM

1:27 PM – 3:03 PM, 4:40 PM – 6:16 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:36 AM

Moonset6:11 PM

Shubha until 9:11 PM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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