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Saturday, 21 December 1957

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:41 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:24 PM

Nakshatra until 1:16 AM, Dec 22

Avoid 9:46 AM – 11:02 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:46 AM – 11:02 AM

1:35 PM – 2:51 PM

7:13 AM – 8:30 AM

9:15 AM – 10:37 AM

These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →

Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise7:03 AM

Moonset5:37 PM

Ganda until 2:26 PM

Naga

Shanivara

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