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Sunday, 21 September 2025
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 1:24 AM, Sep 22
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:12 AM
Sunset6:15 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:32 AM
Avoid
4:44 PM â 6:15 PM
Auspicious
11:49 AM â 12:38 PM
AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings â tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mahalaya Amavasya
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Coming up
- Sharada Navaratri tomorrow Mon, 22 Sep
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Tue, 23 Sep
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Sun, 28 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:44 PM â 6:15 PM
12:14 PM â 1:44 PM
3:14 PM â 4:44 PM
1:26 PM â 3:02 PM, 4:38 PM â 6:15 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:29 AM
Moonset6:05 PM
Shubha until 7:52 PM
Chatushpada
Ravivara
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