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Friday, 27 December 1940
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:25 AM, Dec 28
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:40 AM, Dec 28
Avoid
11:05 AM – 12:22 PM
Auspicious
12:01 PM – 12:42 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Sat, 28 Dec
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Mon, 30 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Fri, 3 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:05 AM – 12:22 PM
2:55 PM – 4:11 PM
8:33 AM – 9:49 AM
11:21 AM – 12:42 PM, 2:44 PM – 4:06 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
Moonrise5:25 AM
Moonset4:07 PM
Ganda until 3:15 AM, Dec 28
Vishti
Shukravara
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