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Friday, 1 December 1978
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:01 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:00 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:44 PM
Avoid
10:52 AM – 12:09 PM
Auspicious
11:49 AM – 12:30 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Tue, 5 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Thu, 7 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 9 days Sun, 10 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:52 AM – 12:09 PM
2:44 PM – 4:02 PM
8:17 AM – 9:35 AM
11:08 AM – 12:30 PM, 2:34 PM – 3:57 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:47 AM
Moonset6:25 PM
Dhriti until 5:49 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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