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Sunday, 29 December 1996

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:38 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:29 PM

Nakshatra until 9:47 AM, Dec 30

Avoid 4:12 PM – 5:29 PM

Auspicious 12:02 PM – 12:43 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:12 PM – 5:29 PM

12:23 PM – 1:39 PM

2:56 PM – 4:12 PM

1:24 PM – 2:46 PM, 4:07 PM – 5:29 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise9:35 PM

Moonset10:09 AM

Priti until 6:47 AM, Dec 30

Balava

Ravivara

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