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Thursday, 29 December 1977

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:02 AM, Dec 30

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:29 PM

Nakshatra until 10:05 PM

Avoid 1:39 PM – 2:56 PM

Auspicious 12:02 PM – 12:43 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:39 PM – 2:56 PM

7:17 AM – 8:33 AM

9:50 AM – 11:06 AM

12:43 PM – 2:05 PM, 4:07 PM – 5:29 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise8:59 PM

Moonset9:45 AM

Vishkumbha until 8:19 PM

Bava

Guruvara

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