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Thursday, 20 December 2018
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:34 AM, Dec 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:04 AM, Dec 21
Avoid
1:34 PM – 2:51 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:38 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Sat, 22 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Wed, 26 Dec
- Kalashtami in 9 days Sat, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:34 PM – 2:51 PM
7:13 AM – 8:29 AM
9:45 AM – 11:02 AM
12:38 PM – 2:00 PM, 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
Moonrise3:20 PM
Moonset4:21 AM
Siddha until 7:24 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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