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Saturday, 26 December 1998
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 3:23 AM, Dec 27
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:40 AM, Dec 27
Avoid
9:48 AM – 11:05 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Tue, 29 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Wed, 30 Dec
- Purnima in 7 days Sat, 2 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:48 AM – 11:05 AM
1:37 PM – 2:54 PM
7:16 AM – 8:32 AM
9:18 AM – 10:39 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:08 PM
MoonsetN/A
Vyatipata until 8:55 AM
Vishti
Shanivara
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