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Friday, 20 February 2004

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 2:47 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:59 AM

Sunset6:10 PM

Nakshatra until 1:56 PM

Avoid 11:11 AM – 12:35 PM

Auspicious 12:12 PM – 12:57 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

11:11 AM – 12:35 PM

3:22 PM – 4:46 PM

8:23 AM – 9:47 AM

11:28 AM – 12:57 PM, 3:11 PM – 4:41 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

Moonrise6:46 AM

Moonset6:19 PM

Parigha until 1:12 PM

Naga

Shukravara

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