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Tuesday, 21 December 2004
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 10:45 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:22 AM, Dec 22
Avoid
2:52 PM – 4:08 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:39 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi tomorrow Wed, 22 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Thu, 23 Dec
- Purnima in 5 days Sun, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:52 PM – 4:08 PM
9:46 AM – 11:03 AM
12:19 PM – 1:35 PM
9:16 AM – 10:37 AM, 4:03 PM – 5:24 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:50 PM
Moonset2:17 AM
Parigha until 1:58 PM
Gara
Mangalavara
Your observances
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