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Thursday, 12 December 1946

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 9:38 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:08 AM

Sunset5:21 PM

Nakshatra until 1:20 PM

Avoid 1:31 PM – 2:47 PM

Auspicious 11:54 AM – 12:35 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:31 PM – 2:47 PM

7:08 AM – 8:24 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

Moonrise9:29 PM

Moonset10:23 AM

Indra until 6:39 PM

Balava

Guruvara

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