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Tuesday, 29 December 1959

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 12:38 AM, Dec 30

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:28 PM

Nakshatra until 11:33 PM

Avoid 2:55 PM – 4:12 PM

Auspicious 12:02 PM – 12:43 PM

Bhaumvati 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

2:55 PM – 4:12 PM

9:49 AM – 11:06 AM

12:22 PM – 1:39 PM

9:19 AM – 10:40 AM, 4:07 PM – 5:28 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:30 AM

Moonset5:08 PM

Vriddhi until 10:35 PM

Chatushpada

Mangalavara

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