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Thursday, 13 December 2012

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 2:11 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:09 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 5:48 PM

Avoid 1:31 PM – 2:48 PM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:35 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

1:31 PM – 2:48 PM

7:09 AM – 8:25 AM

9:42 AM – 10:58 AM

12:35 PM – 1:57 PM, 3:59 PM – 5:21 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

Moonrise6:49 AM

Moonset5:29 PM

Shula until 8:57 PM

Naga

Guruvara

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