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Monday, 9 January 1978

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 9:29 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:19 AM

Sunset5:37 PM

Nakshatra until 12:08 PM

Avoid 8:36 AM – 9:53 AM

Auspicious 12:07 PM – 12:48 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

8:36 AM – 9:53 AM

11:11 AM – 12:28 PM

1:45 PM – 3:02 PM

11:26 AM – 12:48 PM, 2:52 PM – 4:14 PM

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

Moonrise7:14 AM

Moonset6:00 PM

Vyaghata until 2:26 PM

Naga

Somavara

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