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Sunday, 31 December 1978
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 5:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:02 PM
Avoid
4:13 PM – 5:30 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Thu, 4 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Fri, 5 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 8 days Mon, 8 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:13 PM – 5:30 PM
12:24 PM – 1:40 PM
2:57 PM – 4:13 PM
1:25 PM – 2:46 PM, 4:08 PM – 5:30 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:30 AM
Moonset7:26 PM
Vyaghata until 2:11 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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