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Friday, 28 December 2018
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:49 AM, Dec 29
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:06 AM
Avoid
11:06 AM – 12:22 PM
Auspicious
12:02 PM – 12:42 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 Sat, 29 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 1 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 3 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:06 AM – 12:22 PM
2:55 PM – 4:11 PM
8:33 AM – 9:49 AM
11:21 AM – 12:42 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:06 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
Moonrise11:46 PM
Moonset11:30 AM
Ayushman until 11:49 AM
Vishti
Shukravara
Your observances
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