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Monday, 14 December 2020

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 9:46 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:09 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 11:25 PM

Avoid 8:26 AM – 9:42 AM

Auspicious 11:55 AM – 12:36 PM

Somvati 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

8:26 AM – 9:42 AM

10:59 AM – 12:15 PM

1:32 PM – 2:48 PM

11:14 AM – 12:36 PM, 2:38 PM – 4:00 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

Moonrise6:30 AM

Moonset5:10 PM

Shula until 12:52 AM, Dec 15

Chatushpada

Somavara

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