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Tuesday, 23 December 1986
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 2:36 AM, Dec 24
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:22 PM
Avoid
2:52 PM – 4:09 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:40 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
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Coming up
- Kalashtami tomorrow Wed, 24 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 27 Dec
- Amavasya in 8 days Wed, 31 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:52 PM – 4:09 PM
9:47 AM – 11:03 AM
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
9:16 AM – 10:38 AM, 4:03 PM – 5:25 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
Moonrise11:47 PM
Moonset11:41 AM
Ayushman until 2:21 AM, Dec 24
Vishti
Mangalavara
Your observances
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