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Sunday, 22 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 12:19 AM, Dec 23
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:55 PM
Avoid
4:08 PM – 5:25 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:40 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Tue, 24 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Sun, 29 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Tue, 31 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:08 PM – 5:25 PM
12:19 PM – 1:36 PM
2:52 PM – 4:08 PM
1:20 PM – 2:42 PM, 4:03 PM – 5:25 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
Moonrise3:30 PM
Moonset4:40 AM
Sadhya until 4:43 AM, Dec 23
Kaulava
Ravivara
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