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Monday, 28 December 1981
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:55 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:28 AM, Dec 29
Avoid
8:33 AM – 9:49 AM
Auspicious
12:02 PM – 12:43 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Fri, 1 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sun, 3 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 9 days Wed, 6 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:33 AM – 9:49 AM
11:06 AM – 12:22 PM
1:39 PM – 2:55 PM
11:21 AM – 12:43 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:06 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:31 AM
Moonset7:18 PM
Vyaghata until 1:20 AM, Dec 29
Kaulava
Somavara
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