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Tuesday, 23 December 2014
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 1:41 AM, Dec 24
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:11 PM
Avoid
2:52 PM – 4:09 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:40 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sat, 27 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Mon, 29 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 9 days Thu, 1 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:52 PM – 4:09 PM
9:47 AM – 11:03 AM
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
9:16 AM – 10:38 AM, 4:04 PM – 5:25 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:13 AM
Moonset6:57 PM
Dhruva until 2:09 AM, Dec 24
Balava
Mangalavara
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