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Thursday, 8 January 1948
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:48 AM, Jan 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:31 AM, Jan 09
Avoid
1:44 PM – 3:01 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
Coming up
- Amavasya in 3 days Sun, 11 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Mon, 12 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 9 days Sat, 17 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:44 PM – 3:01 PM
7:19 AM – 8:36 AM
9:53 AM – 11:10 AM
12:48 PM – 2:10 PM, 4:13 PM – 5:35 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:37 AM
Moonset3:15 PM
Ganda until 11:01 AM
Gara
Guruvara
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