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Monday, 5 December 2011
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 8:50 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:03 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:57 AM, Dec 06
Avoid
8:20 AM – 9:37 AM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:32 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
- Mokshada Ekadashi tomorrow Tue, 6 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Wed, 7 Dec
- Purnima in 5 days Sat, 10 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:20 AM – 9:37 AM
10:54 AM – 12:11 PM
1:28 PM – 2:45 PM
11:09 AM – 12:32 PM, 2:35 PM – 3:57 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
Moonrise2:08 PM
Moonset2:10 AM
Vyatipata until 2:31 AM, Dec 06
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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