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Saturday, 8 December 1956
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 1:55 AM, Dec 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:17 AM, Dec 09
Avoid
9:39 AM – 10:56 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Mon, 10 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 6 days Fri, 14 Dec
- Shani Pradosh in 7 days Sat, 15 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:39 AM – 10:56 AM
1:29 PM – 2:46 PM
7:05 AM – 8:22 AM
9:08 AM – 10:30 AM
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
Moonrise11:21 AM
Moonset10:41 PM
Vyaghata until 3:23 PM
Kaulava
Shanivara
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