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Saturday, 17 July 2004

What matters on this day

Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 4:53 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:38 AM

Sunset7:15 PM

Nakshatra until 8:58 PM

Avoid 9:02 AM – 10:45 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:02 AM – 10:45 AM

2:09 PM – 3:51 PM

5:38 AM – 7:20 AM

8:21 AM – 10:10 AM

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

Moonrise5:13 AM

Moonset7:20 PM

Harshana until 12:26 AM, Jul 18

Naga

Shanivara

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