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Monday, 8 December 1986
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 1:20 AM, Dec 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:27 AM
Avoid
8:22 AM – 9:39 AM
Auspicious
11:52 AM – 12:33 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 11 Dec
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 13 Dec
- Purnima in 8 days Tue, 16 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:22 AM – 9:39 AM
10:55 AM – 12:12 PM
1:29 PM – 2:46 PM
11:11 AM – 12:33 PM, 2:36 PM – 3:58 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:33 PM
MoonsetN/A
Vajra until 10:46 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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