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Thursday, 17 December 2020
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:18 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:13 PM
Avoid
1:33 PM – 2:50 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sun, 20 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Tue, 22 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 8 days Fri, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:33 PM – 2:50 PM
7:11 AM – 8:28 AM
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
12:37 PM – 1:59 PM, 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
Moonrise9:25 AM
Moonset8:19 PM
Dhruva until 4:02 PM
Gara
Guruvara
Your observances
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