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Saturday, 21 April 2012

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 12:48 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:53 AM

Sunset6:46 PM

Nakshatra until 12:31 AM, Apr 22

Avoid 9:06 AM – 10:43 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 →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:06 AM – 10:43 AM

1:56 PM – 3:33 PM

5:53 AM – 7:30 AM

8:28 AM – 10:11 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

Moonrise5:43 AM

Moonset6:59 PM

Vishkumbha until 9:28 AM

Naga

Shanivara

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