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Tuesday, 10 August 2010
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 8:38 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:51 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:03 PM
Avoid
3:43 PM â 5:22 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:52 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
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Wed, 11 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 15 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 16 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:43 PM â 5:22 PM
9:08 AM â 10:47 AM
12:26 PM â 2:05 PM
8:29 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:16 PM â 7:01 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
Moonrise5:43 AM
Moonset7:21 PM
Vyatipata until 8:26 AM
Naga
Mangalavara
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