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Sunday, 20 December 1987

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:55 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 4:22 PM

Avoid 4:07 PM – 5:23 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:38 PM

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

4:07 PM – 5:23 PM

12:18 PM – 1:34 PM

2:51 PM – 4:07 PM

1:19 PM – 2:40 PM, 4:02 PM – 5:23 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:28 AM

Moonset5:07 PM

Shula until 9:46 AM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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