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Friday, 18 December 1998

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:12 AM, Dec 19

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:12 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 10:24 PM

Avoid 11:01 AM – 12:17 PM

Auspicious 11:57 AM – 12:37 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

11:01 AM – 12:17 PM

2:50 PM – 4:06 PM

8:28 AM – 9:44 AM

11:16 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:01 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise6:25 AM

Moonset5:00 PM

Shula until 5:29 PM

Chatushpada

Shukravara

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