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Sunday, 21 December 1986
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 12:13 AM, Dec 22
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:31 PM
Avoid
4:08 PM – 5:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Mon, 22 Dec
- Kalashtami in 3 days Wed, 24 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 6 days Sat, 27 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:08 PM – 5:24 PM
12:19 PM – 1:35 PM
2:51 PM – 4:08 PM
1:20 PM – 2:41 PM, 4:02 PM – 5:24 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
Moonrise9:57 PM
Moonset10:34 AM
Vishkumbha until 2:53 AM, Dec 22
Kaulava
Ravivara
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