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Saturday, 17 December 1977
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:14 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:53 PM
Avoid
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 4 days Wed, 21 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Thu, 22 Dec
- Purnima in 8 days Sun, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
7:11 AM – 8:27 AM
9:13 AM – 10:35 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:19 PM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 3:31 PM
Vishti
Shanivara
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