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Friday, 20 December 2019
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 7:16 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:08 PM
Avoid
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:38 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 2 days Sun, 22 Dec
- Som Pradosh in 3 days Mon, 23 Dec
- Amavasya in 6 days Thu, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
2:51 PM – 4:07 PM
8:29 AM – 9:45 AM
11:17 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:02 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
Moonrise12:53 AM
Moonset1:02 PM
Saubhagya until 2:19 PM
Taitila
Shukravara
Your observances
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