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Saturday, 5 December 1981
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 9:40 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:03 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:55 PM
Avoid
9:37 AM – 10:54 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Wed, 9 Dec
- Purnima in 6 days Fri, 11 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 9 days Mon, 14 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:37 AM – 10:54 AM
1:28 PM – 2:45 PM
7:03 AM – 8:20 AM
9:06 AM – 10:28 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:59 PM
Moonset12:13 AM
Vajra until 6:31 PM
Bava
Shanivara
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