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Tuesday, 20 December 2016
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 6:43 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:15 PM
Avoid
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 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
- Kalashtami tomorrow Wed, 21 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 24 Dec
- Som Pradosh in 6 days Mon, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
9:46 AM – 11:02 AM
12:18 PM – 1:35 PM
9:15 AM – 10:37 AM, 4:02 PM – 5:24 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
MoonriseN/A
Moonset11:54 AM
Ayushman until 5:30 AM, Dec 21
Bava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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