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Thursday, 31 December 1942
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 1:08 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise8:17 AM
Sunset6:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:45 PM
Avoid
2:40 PM – 3:57 PM
Auspicious
1:03 PM – 1:44 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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- Som Pradosh in 4 days Mon, 4 Jan
- Amavasya in 6 days Wed, 6 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:40 PM – 3:57 PM
8:17 AM – 9:34 AM
10:50 AM – 12:07 PM
1:44 PM – 3:06 PM, 5:08 PM – 6:30 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:25 AM
Moonset1:27 PM
Shobhana until 11:13 AM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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