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Thursday, 4 December 1997
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:51 AM, Dec 05
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:02 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:10 PM
Avoid
1:28 PM – 2:45 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Fri, 5 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Sun, 7 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 6 days Wed, 10 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:28 PM – 2:45 PM
7:02 AM – 8:19 AM
9:36 AM – 10:54 AM
12:31 PM – 1:54 PM, 3:57 PM – 5:19 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
Moonrise10:34 AM
Moonset9:32 PM
Vriddhi until 9:28 AM
Bava
Guruvara
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