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Tuesday, 16 December 1986
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 12:34 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:20 AM, Dec 17
Avoid
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:36 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 20 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Mon, 22 Dec
- Kalashtami in 8 days Wed, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
12:16 PM – 1:32 PM
9:13 AM – 10:34 AM, 4:00 PM – 5:22 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:31 PM
Moonset6:59 AM
Shubha until 11:41 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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