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Thursday, 20 February 1947

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 7:30 AM, Feb 21

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:00 AM

Sunset6:10 PM

Nakshatra until 4:02 AM, Feb 21

Avoid 1:59 PM – 3:22 PM

Auspicious 12:12 PM – 12:57 PM

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

1:59 PM – 3:22 PM

7:00 AM – 8:23 AM

9:47 AM – 11:11 AM

12:57 PM – 2:27 PM, 4:41 PM – 6:10 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:22 AM

Moonset5:39 PM

Parigha until 1:04 AM, Feb 21

Chatushpada

Guruvara

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