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Friday, 12 December 2042

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 7:59 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:08 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 3:15 AM, Dec 13

Avoid 10:58 AM – 12:14 PM

Auspicious 11:54 AM – 12:35 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

10:58 AM – 12:14 PM

2:47 PM – 4:04 PM

8:25 AM – 9:41 AM

11:13 AM – 12:35 PM, 2:37 PM – 3:59 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

Moonrise6:39 AM

Moonset5:15 PM

Dhriti until 9:36 AM

Chatushpada

Shukravara

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