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Monday, 23 April 2001

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 8:55 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:51 AM

Sunset6:47 PM

Nakshatra until 3:39 AM, Apr 24

Avoid 7:28 AM – 9:05 AM

Auspicious 11:53 AM – 12:45 PM

Somvati 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

7:28 AM – 9:05 AM

10:42 AM – 12:19 PM

1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

11:02 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:20 PM – 5:04 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise5:28 AM

Moonset6:42 PM

Vishkumbha until 10:39 AM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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