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Thursday, 8 December 2005
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:12 AM, Dec 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:53 AM
Avoid
1:29 PM – 2:46 PM
Auspicious
11:52 AM – 12:33 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 11 Dec
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 13 Dec
- Purnima in 7 days Thu, 15 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:29 PM – 2:46 PM
7:05 AM – 8:22 AM
9:39 AM – 10:56 AM
12:33 PM – 1:55 PM, 3:58 PM – 5:20 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:29 PM
MoonsetN/A
Vajra until 11:13 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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