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Tuesday, 17 December 2019
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 1:37 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:25 AM, Dec 18
Avoid
2:49 PM – 4:06 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
Coming up
- Kalashtami in 2 days Thu, 19 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 22 Dec
- Som Pradosh in 6 days Mon, 23 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:49 PM – 4:06 PM
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
12:16 PM – 1:33 PM
9:13 AM – 10:35 AM, 4:01 PM – 5:22 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
Moonrise10:47 PM
Moonset11:09 AM
Vishkumbha until 11:09 PM
Gara
Mangalavara
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