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Thursday, 18 December 1997
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 7:27 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:16 AM, Dec 19
Avoid
1:34 PM – 2:50 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Sat, 20 Dec
- Kalashtami in 4 days Mon, 22 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 7 days Thu, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:34 PM – 2:50 PM
7:12 AM – 8:28 AM
9:44 AM – 11:01 AM
12:38 PM – 1:59 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:23 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
Moonrise9:35 PM
Moonset10:22 AM
Vaidhriti until 8:34 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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