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Friday, 24 January 2020

What matters on this day

Pausha Krishna Paksha until 3:12 AM, Jan 25

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:49 PM

Nakshatra until 2:45 AM, Jan 25

Avoid 11:14 AM – 12:33 PM

Auspicious 12:12 PM – 12:54 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

11:14 AM – 12:33 PM

3:11 PM – 4:30 PM

8:36 AM – 9:55 AM

11:30 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:00 PM – 4:24 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

Moonrise6:41 AM

Moonset5:27 PM

Vajra until 2:23 AM, Jan 25

Chatushpada

Shukravara

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