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Saturday, 4 December 2021

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 1:13 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:02 AM

Sunset5:19 PM

Nakshatra until 10:47 AM

Avoid 9:37 AM – 10:54 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

9:37 AM – 10:54 AM

1:28 PM – 2:45 PM

7:02 AM – 8:19 AM

9:06 AM – 10:28 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

Moonrise6:45 AM

Moonset5:29 PM

Sukarma until 8:39 AM

Naga

Shanivara

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