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Tuesday, 19 December 2017
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 2:39 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:09 AM
Avoid
2:50 PM – 4:07 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sun, 24 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Tue, 26 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 10 days Fri, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:50 PM – 4:07 PM
9:45 AM – 11:01 AM
12:18 PM – 1:34 PM
9:14 AM – 10:36 AM, 4:02 PM – 5:23 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:51 AM
Moonset6:24 PM
Vriddhi until 4:49 AM, Dec 20
Bava
Mangalavara
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