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Tuesday, 4 December 2040

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 1:03 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:03 AM

Sunset5:19 PM

Nakshatra until 10:16 AM

Avoid 2:45 PM – 4:02 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:31 PM

Bhaumvati 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

2:45 PM – 4:02 PM

9:37 AM – 10:54 AM

12:11 PM – 1:28 PM

9:06 AM – 10:28 AM, 3:57 PM – 5:19 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

Moonrise6:46 AM

Moonset5:29 PM

Sukarma until 7:51 AM

Naga

Mangalavara

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