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Monday, 12 October 2015

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 5:35 AM, Oct 13

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:23 AM

Sunset5:51 PM

Nakshatra until 1:40 AM, Oct 13

Avoid 7:49 AM – 9:15 AM

Auspicious 11:44 AM – 12:30 PM

Somvati 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

7:49 AM – 9:15 AM

10:41 AM – 12:07 PM

1:33 PM – 2:59 PM

10:58 AM – 12:30 PM, 2:48 PM – 4:19 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

Moonrise5:34 AM

Moonset5:36 PM

Indra until 10:22 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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