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Tuesday, 8 December 2009
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 6:35 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:02 PM
Avoid
2:46 PM – 4:03 PM
Auspicious
11:52 AM – 12:33 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,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Kalashtami tomorrow Wed, 9 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 12 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 13 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:46 PM – 4:03 PM
9:39 AM – 10:56 AM
12:12 PM – 1:29 PM
9:08 AM – 10:30 AM, 3:58 PM – 5:20 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
Moonrise11:56 PM
Moonset12:06 PM
Vishkumbha until 1:17 AM, Dec 09
Vishti
Mangalavara
Your observances
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