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Friday, 19 December 2008
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:05 AM, Dec 20
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:18 AM, Dec 20
Avoid
11:01 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 22 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 24 Dec
- Amavasya in 8 days Sat, 27 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:01 AM – 12:18 PM
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
8:29 AM – 9:45 AM
11:17 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:02 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
MoonriseN/A
Moonset12:16 PM
Ayushman until 7:43 PM
Balava
Shukravara
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