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Monday, 24 December 1973

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:37 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:15 AM

Sunset5:26 PM

Nakshatra until 5:03 AM, Dec 25

Avoid 8:31 AM – 9:47 AM

Auspicious 12:00 PM – 12:41 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

8:31 AM – 9:47 AM

11:04 AM – 12:20 PM

1:37 PM – 2:53 PM

11:19 AM – 12:41 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:04 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:47 AM

Moonset5:19 PM

Ganda until 11:14 AM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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