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Sunday, 20 November 1949

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 12:59 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:51 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 11:07 AM

Avoid 4:02 PM – 5:21 PM

Auspicious 11:45 AM – 12:27 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

4:02 PM – 5:21 PM

12:06 PM – 1:25 PM

2:44 PM – 4:02 PM

1:09 PM – 2:33 PM, 3:57 PM – 5:21 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:33 AM

Moonset5:31 PM

Shobhana until 9:29 AM

Naga

Ravivara

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