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Monday, 31 December 1956

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 7:43 AM, Jan 01

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:30 PM

Nakshatra until 12:08 AM, Jan 01

Avoid 8:34 AM – 9:51 AM

Auspicious 12:03 PM – 12:44 PM

Somvati 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

8:34 AM – 9:51 AM

11:07 AM – 12:24 PM

1:40 PM – 2:57 PM

11:22 AM – 12:44 PM, 2:47 PM – 4:08 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:27 AM

Moonset5:00 PM

Vriddhi until 5:45 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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