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Friday, 5 December 1997
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:18 AM, Dec 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:03 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:24 AM
Avoid
10:54 AM – 12:11 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:32 PM
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Sun, 7 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 5 days Wed, 10 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 11 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:54 AM – 12:11 PM
2:45 PM – 4:02 PM
8:20 AM – 9:37 AM
11:10 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:35 PM – 3:57 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
Moonrise11:18 AM
Moonset10:36 PM
Dhruva until 7:08 AM
Kaulava
Shukravara
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