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Sunday, 16 September 2012

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 7:40 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:10 AM

Sunset6:21 PM

Nakshatra until 1:10 AM, Sep 17

Avoid 4:49 PM – 6:21 PM

Auspicious 11:51 AM – 12:40 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

4:49 PM – 6:21 PM

12:15 PM – 1:47 PM

3:18 PM – 4:49 PM

1:28 PM – 3:06 PM, 4:43 PM – 6:21 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:06 AM

Moonset6:37 PM

Shubha until 7:29 PM

Naga

Ravivara

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