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Saturday, 26 December 1981
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:40 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:26 PM
Avoid
9:48 AM – 11:05 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Coming up
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Mon, 28 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Fri, 1 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 8 days Sun, 3 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:48 AM – 11:05 AM
1:38 PM – 2:54 PM
7:16 AM – 8:32 AM
9:18 AM – 10:39 AM
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
Moonrise6:59 AM
Moonset5:31 PM
Vriddhi until 12:28 AM, Dec 27
Naga
Shanivara
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