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Sunday, 18 December 1960

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 4:16 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:12 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 11:09 AM

Avoid 4:06 PM – 5:23 PM

Auspicious 11:57 AM – 12:38 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

4:06 PM – 5:23 PM

12:17 PM – 1:34 PM

2:50 PM – 4:06 PM

1:18 PM – 2:40 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:23 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:47 AM

Moonset5:26 PM

Ganda until 2:29 AM, Dec 19

Naga

Ravivara

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