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Saturday, 17 December 2016

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 6:51 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:11 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 1:08 PM

Avoid 9:44 AM – 11:00 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:44 AM – 11:00 AM

1:33 PM – 2:50 PM

7:11 AM – 8:28 AM

9:14 AM – 10:35 AM

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

Moonrise9:09 PM

Moonset10:02 AM

Indra until 10:23 AM

Bava

Shanivara

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