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Tuesday, 24 December 1996
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:10 AM, Dec 25
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:39 PM
Avoid
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:41 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Sun, 29 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 31 Dec
- Kalashtami in 9 days Thu, 2 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
9:48 AM – 11:04 AM
12:20 PM – 1:37 PM
9:17 AM – 10:39 AM, 4:04 PM – 5:26 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:07 PM
Moonset6:34 AM
Shukla until 3:54 AM, Dec 25
Vishti
Mangalavara
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