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Sunday, 15 December 1940
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 1:28 AM, Dec 16
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:16 PM
Avoid
4:05 PM – 5:22 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:36 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Wed, 18 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Fri, 20 Dec
- Kalashtami in 7 days Sun, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:05 PM – 5:22 PM
12:16 PM – 1:32 PM
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
1:17 PM – 2:38 PM, 4:00 PM – 5:22 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
Moonrise5:57 PM
Moonset7:24 AM
Shubha until 1:53 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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