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Monday, 16 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:51 AM, Dec 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:33 PM
Avoid
8:27 AM – 9:44 AM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Tue, 17 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 4 days Fri, 20 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Sun, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:27 AM – 9:44 AM
11:00 AM – 12:16 PM
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
11:15 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:39 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
Moonrise11:43 AM
Moonset11:38 PM
Vajra until 4:53 PM
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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