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Friday, 22 September 2006

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 5:15 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:13 AM

Sunset6:14 PM

Nakshatra until 2:39 AM, Sep 23

Avoid 10:43 AM – 12:13 PM

Auspicious 11:49 AM – 12:37 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

10:43 AM – 12:13 PM

3:14 PM – 4:44 PM

7:43 AM – 9:13 AM

11:01 AM – 12:37 PM, 3:02 PM – 4:38 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

Moonrise5:49 AM

Moonset6:15 PM

Shubha until 9:32 AM

Naga

Shukravara

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