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Thursday, 30 September 2027
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 8:06 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:17 AM
Sunset6:05 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:11 AM, Oct 01
Avoid
1:39 PM – 3:08 PM
Auspicious
11:47 AM – 12:34 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.
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Sharada Navaratri
Nine nights of worship of the Goddess, concluding in Vijayadashami. What is actually done varies more by region than almost any other festival: a fast and a pot in the north, a five-day public Durga Puja in Bengal, a doll display in the south, garba in Gujarat.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Fri, 1 Oct
- Gandhi Jayanti in 2 days Sat, 2 Oct
- Maha Shashthi in 5 days Tue, 5 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:39 PM – 3:08 PM
6:17 AM – 7:45 AM
9:14 AM – 10:42 AM
12:34 PM – 2:09 PM, 4:30 PM – 6:05 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
Moonrise6:12 AM
Moonset6:21 PM
Brahma until 9:09 PM
Naga
Guruvara
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