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Saturday, 31 December 2005

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:41 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:30 PM

Nakshatra until 2:37 AM, Jan 01

Avoid 9:51 AM – 11:07 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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

9:51 AM – 11:07 AM

1:40 PM – 2:57 PM

7:17 AM – 8:34 AM

9:20 AM – 10:42 AM

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

Moonrise7:14 AM

Moonset5:54 PM

Dhruva until 10:03 PM

Naga

Shanivara

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