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Sunday, 7 January 1951

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 1:39 AM, Jan 08

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:19 AM

Sunset5:35 PM

Nakshatra until 9:21 AM

Avoid 4:18 PM – 5:35 PM

Auspicious 12:06 PM – 12:47 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

4:18 PM – 5:35 PM

12:27 PM – 1:44 PM

3:01 PM – 4:18 PM

1:28 PM – 2:50 PM, 4:13 PM – 5:35 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:33 AM

Moonset5:12 PM

Dhruva until 3:02 PM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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