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Thursday, 16 December 2021
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:41 AM, Dec 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:34 AM
Avoid
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 3 days Sun, 19 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Thu, 23 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Sat, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
7:11 AM – 8:27 AM
9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
12:37 PM – 1:58 PM, 4:00 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
Moonrise3:26 PM
Moonset4:29 AM
Shiva until 7:16 AM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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