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Friday, 18 December 1987
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:19 AM, Dec 19
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:58 PM
Avoid
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:37 PM
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sun, 20 Dec
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Tue, 22 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 9 days Sun, 27 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
8:28 AM – 9:44 AM
11:16 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:01 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
Moonrise4:17 AM
Moonset3:20 PM
Sukarma until 4:04 PM
Gara
Shukravara
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