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Tuesday, 31 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:00 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:52 PM
Avoid
2:57 PM – 4:14 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:57 PM – 4:14 PM
9:51 AM – 11:07 AM
12:24 PM – 1:40 PM
9:20 AM – 10:42 AM, 4:08 PM – 5:30 PM
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
Moonrise11:19 PM
Moonset11:12 AM
Ayushman until 7:44 AM
Vanija
Mangalavara
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