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Tuesday, 25 July 2006
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 10:00 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:42 AM
Sunset7:12 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:36 AM, Jul 26
Avoid
3:50 PM â 5:31 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:54 PM
Bhaumvati AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings â tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
We publish this date from the calculation engine.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Wed, 26 Jul
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Mon, 31 Jul
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 31 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:50 PM â 5:31 PM
9:05 AM â 10:46 AM
12:27 PM â 2:08 PM
8:24 AM â 10:12 AM, 5:24 PM â 7:12 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:32 AM
Moonset7:28 PM
Vajra until 4:37 PM
Naga
Mangalavara
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