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Tuesday, 10 December 1996

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 10:26 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:07 AM

Sunset5:20 PM

Nakshatra until 8:18 AM

Avoid 2:47 PM – 4:04 PM

Auspicious 11:53 AM – 12:34 PM

Bhaumvati 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

2:47 PM – 4:04 PM

9:40 AM – 10:57 AM

12:13 PM – 1:30 PM

9:09 AM – 10:31 AM, 3:58 PM – 5:20 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:26 AM

Moonset5:08 PM

Dhriti until 4:54 PM

Chatushpada

Mangalavara

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