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Tuesday, 29 July 2003
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 12:22 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:44 AM
Sunset7:10 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:08 PM
Avoid
3:48 PM – 5:29 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:54 PM
Bhaumvati 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 →
Mangala Gauri Vrat
The Tuesdays of Shravana, kept by married women — in most families for the first five years of marriage — for the husband's long life and the household's wellbeing. The puja is done in a group where possible, and the katha is recited.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Wed, 30 Jul
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 3 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 4 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:48 PM – 5:29 PM
9:06 AM – 10:46 AM
12:27 PM – 2:08 PM
8:25 AM – 10:13 AM, 5:22 PM – 7:10 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
Moonrise5:28 AM
Moonset7:22 PM
Vajra until 6:00 AM
Naga
Mangalavara
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