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Sunday, 20 August 2028

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 4:13 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:57 AM

Sunset6:51 PM

Nakshatra until 10:23 AM

Avoid 5:14 PM – 6:51 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:50 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

5:14 PM – 6:51 PM

12:24 PM – 2:01 PM

3:37 PM – 5:14 PM

1:41 PM – 3:24 PM, 5:08 PM – 6:51 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

Moonrise5:27 AM

Moonset6:56 PM

Parigha until 1:07 AM, Aug 21

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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