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Tuesday, 5 August 2081
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 6:55 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:49 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:31 AM, Aug 06
Avoid
3:45 PM â 5:25 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:53 PM
Bhaumvati 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
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Wed, 6 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 10 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 11 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:45 PM â 5:25 PM
9:08 AM â 10:47 AM
12:27 PM â 2:06 PM
8:28 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:18 PM â 7:04 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
Moonrise5:46 AM
Moonset7:28 PM
Vyatipata until 9:52 PM
Naga
Mangalavara
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