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Monday, 11 December 1978
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:25 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:07 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:56 AM, Dec 12
Avoid
8:24 AM – 9:40 AM
Auspicious
11:53 AM – 12:34 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 3 days Thu, 14 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Mon, 18 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Wed, 20 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:24 AM – 9:40 AM
10:57 AM – 12:14 PM
1:30 PM – 2:47 PM
11:12 AM – 12:34 PM, 2:37 PM – 3:59 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
Moonrise3:08 PM
Moonset3:52 AM
Parigha until 12:44 PM
Balava
Somavara
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