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Friday, 2 December 2016
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:57 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:01 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:16 AM, Dec 03
Avoid
10:53 AM – 12:10 PM
Auspicious
11:49 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Mon, 5 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Wed, 7 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 10 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:53 AM – 12:10 PM
2:45 PM – 4:02 PM
8:18 AM – 9:36 AM
11:08 AM – 12:31 PM, 2:34 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
Moonrise9:10 AM
Moonset7:45 PM
Ganda until 6:15 AM, Dec 03
Taitila
Shukravara
Your observances
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