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Monday, 29 September 2008

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 1:42 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:16 AM

Sunset6:05 PM

Nakshatra until 8:56 AM

Avoid 7:45 AM – 9:14 AM

Auspicious 11:47 AM – 12:34 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

7:45 AM – 9:14 AM

10:42 AM – 12:11 PM

1:39 PM – 3:08 PM

11:00 AM – 12:34 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:31 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

Moonrise5:59 AM

Moonset6:11 PM

Brahma until 3:53 AM, Sep 30

Naga

Somavara

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