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Sunday, 16 December 2001
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:01 AM, Dec 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:58 AM, Dec 17
Avoid
4:05 PM – 5:22 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Fri, 21 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sun, 23 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 10 days Wed, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:05 PM – 5:22 PM
12:16 PM – 1:33 PM
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
1:17 PM – 2:39 PM, 4:00 PM – 5:22 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:15 AM
Moonset6:51 PM
Vriddhi until 3:46 AM, Dec 17
Balava
Ravivara
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