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Tuesday, 17 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:16 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:27 PM
Avoid
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Fri, 20 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 22 Dec
- Purnima in 7 days Tue, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
12:17 PM – 1:33 PM
9:13 AM – 10:35 AM, 4:01 PM – 5:22 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:20 PM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 2:12 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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