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Tuesday, 18 December 2012
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 10:42 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:33 AM
Avoid
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 20 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 23 Dec
- Bhauma Pradosh in 7 days Tue, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
9:45 AM – 11:01 AM
12:17 PM – 1:34 PM
9:14 AM – 10:36 AM, 4:01 PM – 5:23 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
Moonrise11:14 AM
Moonset10:56 PM
Vajra until 1:31 AM, Dec 19
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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