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Tuesday, 21 December 2021
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 2:54 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:25 PM
Avoid
2:51 PM – 4:08 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 2 days Thu, 23 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 4 days Sat, 25 Dec
- Kalashtami in 6 days Mon, 27 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:51 PM – 4:08 PM
9:46 AM – 11:02 AM
12:19 PM – 1:35 PM
9:15 AM – 10:37 AM, 4:03 PM – 5:24 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
Moonrise7:23 PM
Moonset8:41 AM
Brahma until 11:36 AM
Gara
Mangalavara
Your observances
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