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Saturday, 20 December 1986

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:17 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 9:59 AM

Avoid 9:45 AM – 11:02 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:45 AM – 11:02 AM

1:34 PM – 2:51 PM

7:13 AM – 8:29 AM

9:15 AM – 10:36 AM

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

Moonrise9:02 PM

Moonset9:58 AM

Vaidhriti until 2:35 AM, Dec 21

Bava

Shanivara

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