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Friday, 18 December 2009
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 9:41 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:16 PM
Avoid
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Tue, 22 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Wed, 23 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Fri, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
8:28 AM – 9:44 AM
11:16 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:01 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:28 AM
Moonset7:05 PM
Vriddhi until 3:58 PM
Balava
Shukravara
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