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Monday, 8 April 2024

What matters on this day

Phalguna Krishna Paksha until 11:50 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:06 AM

Sunset6:39 PM

Nakshatra until 10:12 AM

Avoid 7:40 AM – 9:15 AM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:48 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

7:40 AM – 9:15 AM

10:49 AM – 12:23 PM

1:57 PM – 3:31 PM

11:07 AM – 12:48 PM, 3:18 PM – 4:59 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

Moonrise5:36 AM

Moonset6:24 PM

Indra until 6:13 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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