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Saturday, 28 December 1940

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 2:25 AM, Dec 29

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:16 AM

Sunset5:28 PM

Nakshatra until 1:19 AM, Dec 29

Avoid 9:49 AM – 11:06 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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 →

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Inauspicious periods

9:49 AM – 11:06 AM

1:39 PM – 2:55 PM

7:16 AM – 8:33 AM

9:19 AM – 10:40 AM

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

Moonrise6:29 AM

Moonset5:06 PM

Vriddhi until 12:23 AM, Dec 29

Chatushpada

Shanivara

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