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Friday, 28 December 1951

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:13 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:16 AM

Sunset5:28 PM

Nakshatra until 6:08 PM

Avoid 11:05 AM – 12:22 PM

Auspicious 12:02 PM – 12:42 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

11:05 AM – 12:22 PM

2:55 PM – 4:11 PM

8:33 AM – 9:49 AM

11:21 AM – 12:42 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:06 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:50 AM

Moonset5:28 PM

Vriddhi until 6:57 PM

Naga

Shukravara

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