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Thursday, 17 December 1942
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 12:36 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise8:11 AM
Sunset6:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:31 AM
Avoid
2:33 PM – 3:49 PM
Auspicious
12:56 PM – 1:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 18 Dec
- Shani Pradosh in 2 days Sat, 19 Dec
- Purnima in 5 days Tue, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:33 PM – 3:49 PM
8:11 AM – 9:27 AM
10:44 AM – 12:00 PM
1:37 PM – 2:58 PM, 5:01 PM – 6:22 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
Moonrise2:53 PM
Moonset3:11 AM
Parigha until 6:29 AM, Dec 18
Gara
Guruvara
Your observances
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