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Tuesday, 2 January 1940
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 9:36 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:17 PM
Avoid
2:58 PM – 4:14 PM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:45 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 7 Jan
- Bhaumvati Amavasya in 7 days Tue, 9 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:58 PM – 4:14 PM
9:51 AM – 11:08 AM
12:24 PM – 1:41 PM
9:20 AM – 10:42 AM, 4:09 PM – 5:31 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:00 AM
Moonset12:10 PM
Shobhana until 12:42 PM
Balava
Mangalavara
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