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Monday, 16 December 2019
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:39 AM, Dec 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:47 AM, Dec 17
Avoid
8:27 AM – 9:43 AM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:36 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Tue, 17 Dec
- Kalashtami in 3 days Thu, 19 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 6 days Sun, 22 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:27 AM – 9:43 AM
11:00 AM – 12:16 PM
1:32 PM – 2:49 PM
11:15 AM – 12:36 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:00 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
Moonrise9:42 PM
Moonset10:28 AM
Vaidhriti until 2:01 AM, Dec 17
Kaulava
Somavara
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