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Tuesday, 16 December 1980
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:15 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:14 PM
Avoid
2:49 PM – 4:06 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 2 days Thu, 18 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Fri, 19 Dec
- Purnima in 5 days Sun, 21 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:49 PM – 4:06 PM
9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
12:16 PM – 1:33 PM
9:13 AM – 10:34 AM, 4:01 PM – 5:22 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
Moonrise1:11 PM
Moonset12:59 AM
Vyatipata until 10:49 AM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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