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Friday, 20 December 1946
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:33 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:06 PM
Avoid
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:38 PM
Coming up
- Somvati Amavasya in 3 days Mon, 23 Dec
- Chandra Darshan in 5 days Wed, 25 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 9 days Sun, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
8:29 AM – 9:45 AM
11:17 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:41 PM – 4:02 PM
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
Moonrise4:13 AM
Moonset3:11 PM
Sukarma until 10:47 AM
Taitila
Shukravara
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