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Thursday, 1 September 2016

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 2:33 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:03 AM

Sunset6:38 PM

Nakshatra until 10:52 AM

Avoid 1:55 PM – 3:29 PM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:46 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

1:55 PM – 3:29 PM

6:03 AM – 7:37 AM

9:12 AM – 10:46 AM

12:46 PM – 2:26 PM, 4:57 PM – 6:38 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

Moonrise5:43 AM

Moonset6:44 PM

Shiva until 7:44 AM

Naga

Guruvara

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