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Friday, 20 December 1940
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 9:41 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:13 PM
Avoid
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
Coming up
- Kalashtami in 2 days Sun, 22 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 5 days Wed, 25 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
8:29 AM – 9:46 AM
11:17 AM – 12:39 PM, 2:41 PM – 4:02 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
Moonrise10:59 PM
Moonset11:14 AM
Priti until 3:14 AM, Dec 21
Gara
Shukravara
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