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Thursday, 12 December 1940
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 10:54 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:08 AM
Sunset5:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:23 AM
Avoid
1:31 PM – 2:48 PM
Auspicious
11:54 AM – 12:35 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Sat, 14 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Wed, 18 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 8 days Fri, 20 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:31 PM – 2:48 PM
7:08 AM – 8:25 AM
9:41 AM – 10:58 AM
12:35 PM – 1:56 PM, 3:59 PM – 5:21 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise3:37 PM
Moonset4:36 AM
Shiva until 2:56 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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