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Tuesday, 18 December 1951
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 3:42 AM, Dec 19
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:39 PM
Avoid
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Wed, 19 Dec
- Kalashtami in 4 days Sat, 22 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 8 days Wed, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
12:17 PM – 1:33 PM
9:14 AM – 10:35 AM, 4:01 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
Moonrise9:46 PM
Moonset10:32 AM
Vaidhriti until 4:32 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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