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Monday, 18 December 2000
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:35 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:20 PM
Avoid
8:28 AM – 9:45 AM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 21 Dec
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 23 Dec
- Somvati Amavasya in 7 days Mon, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:28 AM – 9:45 AM
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
1:34 PM – 2:50 PM
11:16 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:01 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:02 AM
Moonset12:32 PM
Ayushman until 2:15 PM
Kaulava
Somavara
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