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Sunday, 9 September 2018

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 11:31 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:06 AM

Sunset6:29 PM

Nakshatra until 8:01 AM

Avoid 4:57 PM – 6:29 PM

Auspicious 11:53 AM – 12:43 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

4:57 PM – 6:29 PM

12:18 PM – 1:51 PM

3:24 PM – 4:57 PM

1:32 PM – 3:11 PM, 4:50 PM – 6:29 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

Moonrise5:18 AM

Moonset6:21 PM

Siddha until 2:42 PM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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