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Monday, 12 December 1977
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:08 AM
Sunset5:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:47 AM, Dec 13
Avoid
8:25 AM – 9:41 AM
Auspicious
11:54 AM – 12:35 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Sat, 17 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 9 days Wed, 21 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 10 days Thu, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:25 AM – 9:41 AM
10:58 AM – 12:14 PM
1:31 PM – 2:47 PM
11:13 AM – 12:35 PM, 2:37 PM – 3:59 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:35 AM
Moonset7:17 PM
Ganda until 9:16 AM
Kaulava
Somavara
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