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Friday, 31 July 2015

What matters on this day

Ashadha Shukla Paksha until 4:12 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:45 AM

Sunset7:09 PM

Nakshatra until 9:53 AM

Avoid 10:47 AM – 12:27 PM

Auspicious 12:00 PM – 12:54 PM

Guru PurnimaPurnima The day the teacher is honoured — Vyasa as the archetype, and one's own teacher in practice. The traditional start of the four-month chaturmasya retreat for ascetics. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:47 AM – 12:27 PM

3:48 PM – 5:28 PM

7:26 AM – 9:06 AM

11:07 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:34 PM – 5:21 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

Moonrise7:14 PM

Moonset5:16 AM

Priti until 2:36 PM

Bava

Shukravara

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