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Saturday, 21 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:57 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:06 PM
Avoid
9:46 AM – 11:02 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Sun, 22 Dec
- Purnima in 3 days Tue, 24 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 8 days Sun, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:46 AM – 11:02 AM
1:35 PM – 2:52 PM
7:13 AM – 8:30 AM
9:16 AM – 10:37 AM
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
Moonrise2:47 PM
Moonset3:40 AM
Siddha until 5:34 AM, Dec 22
Bava
Shanivara
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