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Monday, 22 December 1997
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:34 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:52 AM
Avoid
8:30 AM – 9:46 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:40 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 25 Dec
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 27 Dec
- Somvati Amavasya in 7 days Mon, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:30 AM – 9:46 AM
11:03 AM – 12:19 PM
1:36 PM – 2:52 PM
11:18 AM – 12:40 PM, 2:42 PM – 4:03 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:13 AM
Moonset12:30 PM
Saubhagya until 11:31 PM
Kaulava
Somavara
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