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Sunday, 9 December 1979
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:29 AM, Dec 10
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:06 PM
Avoid
4:03 PM – 5:20 PM
Auspicious
11:52 AM – 12:33 PM
Coming up
- Kalashtami in 2 days Tue, 11 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 6 days Sat, 15 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 7 days Sun, 16 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:03 PM – 5:20 PM
12:13 PM – 1:29 PM
2:46 PM – 4:03 PM
1:14 PM – 2:36 PM, 3:58 PM – 5:20 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
Moonrise10:38 PM
Moonset11:18 AM
Vaidhriti until 4:46 AM, Dec 10
Gara
Ravivara
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