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Tuesday, 8 December 1942

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 8:29 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise8:05 AM

Sunset6:20 PM

Nakshatra until 8:39 PM

Avoid 3:46 PM – 5:03 PM

Auspicious 12:52 PM – 1:33 PM

Bhaumvati 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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:46 PM – 5:03 PM

10:39 AM – 11:55 AM

1:12 PM – 2:29 PM

10:08 AM – 11:30 AM, 4:58 PM – 6:20 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise8:04 AM

Moonset6:45 PM

Dhriti until 11:34 AM

Naga

Mangalavara

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