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Friday, 18 December 2020
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:23 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:03 PM
Avoid
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Sun, 20 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Tue, 22 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 7 days Fri, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
8:28 AM – 9:45 AM
11:16 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:01 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
Moonrise10:10 AM
Moonset9:20 PM
Vyaghata until 2:06 PM
Vishti
Shukravara
Your observances
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