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Monday, 26 February 1979

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 10:15 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:54 AM

Sunset6:14 PM

Nakshatra until 10:44 AM

Avoid 8:19 AM – 9:44 AM

Auspicious 12:11 PM – 12:57 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

8:19 AM – 9:44 AM

11:09 AM – 12:34 PM

1:59 PM – 3:24 PM

11:26 AM – 12:57 PM, 3:13 PM – 4:44 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:26 AM

Moonset6:03 PM

Shiva until 8:29 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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