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Thursday, 16 December 1976
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:03 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:34 AM
Avoid
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 17 Dec
- Shani Pradosh in 2 days Sat, 18 Dec
- Bhaumvati Amavasya in 5 days Tue, 21 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
7:11 AM – 8:27 AM
9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
12:37 PM – 1:58 PM, 4:00 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
Moonrise1:38 AM
Moonset1:35 PM
Saubhagya until 8:19 AM
Vanija
Guruvara
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