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Thursday, 5 September 2013

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 5:06 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:04 AM

Sunset6:34 PM

Nakshatra until 6:19 AM

Avoid 1:53 PM – 3:26 PM

Auspicious 11:54 AM – 12:44 PM

Mahalaya 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

1:53 PM – 3:26 PM

6:04 AM – 7:38 AM

9:12 AM – 10:45 AM

12:44 PM – 2:24 PM, 4:54 PM – 6:34 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

Moonrise5:39 AM

Moonset6:36 PM

Siddha until 8:31 PM

Naga

Guruvara

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