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Sunday, 20 December 1998
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 6:26 AM, Dec 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:49 AM, Dec 21
Avoid
4:07 PM – 5:23 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:38 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sat, 26 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 9 days Tue, 29 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 10 days Wed, 30 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:07 PM – 5:23 PM
12:18 PM – 1:34 PM
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
1:19 PM – 2:41 PM, 4:02 PM – 5:23 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:09 AM
Moonset6:46 PM
Vriddhi until 5:10 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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