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Friday, 24 December 2049

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:21 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:15 AM

Sunset5:26 PM

Nakshatra until 8:59 AM

Avoid 11:04 AM – 12:20 PM

Auspicious 12:00 PM – 12:41 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

11:04 AM – 12:20 PM

2:53 PM – 4:09 PM

8:31 AM – 9:48 AM

11:19 AM – 12:41 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:04 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

Moonrise6:33 AM

Moonset5:10 PM

Ganda until 4:52 PM

Chatushpada

Shukravara

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