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Monday, 4 December 1978
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:15 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:02 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:56 AM
Avoid
8:19 AM – 9:36 AM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Tue, 5 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Thu, 7 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 6 days Sun, 10 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:19 AM – 9:36 AM
10:53 AM – 12:11 PM
1:28 PM – 2:45 PM
11:09 AM – 12:31 PM, 2:35 PM – 3:57 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
Moonrise10:41 AM
Moonset9:44 PM
Dhruva until 3:24 AM, Dec 05
Bava
Somavara
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