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Monday, 15 December 1986
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 10:05 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:24 PM
Avoid
8:26 AM – 9:43 AM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:36 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Purnima tomorrow Tue, 16 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Sat, 20 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Mon, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:26 AM – 9:43 AM
10:59 AM – 12:16 PM
1:32 PM – 2:49 PM
11:14 AM – 12:36 PM, 2:38 PM – 4:00 PM
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
Moonrise4:45 PM
Moonset6:06 AM
Sadhya until 10:52 PM
Vanija
Somavara
Your observances
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