The Auspicious Moment) is a 1984 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Puttanna Kanagal, based on the novel Avadaana, by Dodderi Venkatagiri Rao.

The heroine (Padmavasanthi), hailing from a poor background, falls in love with an affluent young man (Ramakrishna).

The heroine's classmate (Sridhar) comes forward to marry her and give an identity to her child.

The classmate has written a letter that he had considered the heroine as his sister, and she was as pure as river Ganges.

B. R. Chaya made her Kannada debut with this film and her rendition of "Hindustanavu Endu" became famous.