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Sunday, 31 December 2023

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:56 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:30 PM

Nakshatra until 8:36 AM, Jan 01

Avoid 4:13 PM – 5:30 PM

Auspicious 12:03 PM – 12:44 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:13 PM – 5:30 PM

12:23 PM – 1:40 PM

2:57 PM – 4:13 PM

1:25 PM – 2:46 PM, 4:08 PM – 5:30 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

Moonrise9:34 PM

Moonset10:06 AM

Priti until 3:40 AM, Jan 01

Balava

Ravivara

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