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Friday, 16 December 1988
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 10:11 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:30 PM
Avoid
11:00 AM – 12:16 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 19 Dec
- Bhauma Pradosh in 4 days Tue, 20 Dec
- Purnima in 7 days Fri, 23 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:00 AM – 12:16 PM
2:49 PM – 4:06 PM
8:27 AM – 9:44 AM
11:15 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:00 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:27 PM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 1:57 PM
Vishti
Shukravara
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