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Thursday, 12 January 1956

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:31 AM, Jan 13

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:19 AM

Sunset5:38 PM

Nakshatra until 4:30 AM, Jan 13

Avoid 1:46 PM – 3:04 PM

Auspicious 12:08 PM – 12:49 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

1:46 PM – 3:04 PM

7:19 AM – 8:36 AM

9:54 AM – 11:11 AM

12:49 PM – 2:12 PM, 4:16 PM – 5:38 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:32 AM

Moonset5:06 PM

Vyaghata until 1:06 AM, Jan 13

Chatushpada

Guruvara

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