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Friday, 28 December 1973
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:04 AM, Dec 29
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:17 PM
Avoid
11:06 AM – 12:22 PM
Auspicious
12:02 PM – 12:43 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Mon, 31 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 2 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 5 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:06 AM – 12:22 PM
2:55 PM – 4:12 PM
8:33 AM – 9:49 AM
11:21 AM – 12:43 PM, 2:45 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
Moonrise9:40 AM
Moonset8:50 PM
Harshana until 2:56 PM
Vanija
Shukravara
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