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Wednesday, 3 December 1986
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:42 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:01 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:01 PM
Avoid
12:10 PM – 1:27 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sat, 6 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Mon, 8 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 8 days Thu, 11 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:10 PM – 1:27 PM
8:19 AM – 9:36 AM
10:53 AM – 12:10 PM
1:12 PM – 2:34 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:33 AM
Moonset7:12 PM
Shula until 4:58 PM
Kaulava
Budhavara
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