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Thursday, 12 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:49 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:08 AM
Sunset5:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:12 AM, Dec 13
Avoid
1:31 PM – 2:48 PM
Auspicious
11:54 AM – 12:35 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Tue, 17 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 8 days Fri, 20 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 10 days Sun, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:31 PM – 2:48 PM
7:08 AM – 8:25 AM
9:41 AM – 10:58 AM
12:35 PM – 1:57 PM, 3:59 PM – 5:21 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:32 AM
Moonset7:13 PM
Ganda until 9:59 AM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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