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Saturday, 6 December 1986

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:12 AM, Dec 07

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:04 AM

Sunset5:19 PM

Nakshatra until 11:03 AM

Avoid 9:37 AM – 10:54 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Shukla ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

9:37 AM – 10:54 AM

1:28 PM – 2:45 PM

7:04 AM – 8:21 AM

9:07 AM – 10:29 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:15 AM

Moonset10:34 PM

Vyaghata until 2:45 AM, Dec 07

Kaulava

Shanivara

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