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Friday, 4 December 2020

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 8:04 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:03 AM

Sunset5:19 PM

Nakshatra until 1:38 PM

Avoid 10:54 AM – 12:11 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:31 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:54 AM – 12:11 PM

2:45 PM – 4:02 PM

8:20 AM – 9:37 AM

11:09 AM – 12:31 PM, 2:35 PM – 3:57 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

Moonrise8:54 PM

Moonset10:06 AM

Shukla until 10:28 AM

Bava

Shukravara

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