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Saturday, 22 December 1984

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:16 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:14 AM

Sunset5:25 PM

Nakshatra until 4:02 AM, Dec 23

Avoid 9:47 AM – 11:03 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:47 AM – 11:03 AM

1:36 PM – 2:52 PM

7:14 AM – 8:30 AM

9:16 AM – 10:38 AM

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

Moonrise6:49 AM

Moonset5:25 PM

Ganda until 3:36 PM

Naga

Shanivara

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