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Thursday, 23 December 2021

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 6:27 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:14 AM

Sunset5:25 PM

Nakshatra until 2:41 AM, Dec 24

Avoid 1:36 PM – 2:52 PM

Auspicious 11:59 AM – 12:40 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

1:36 PM – 2:52 PM

7:14 AM – 8:31 AM

9:47 AM – 11:03 AM

12:40 PM – 2:02 PM, 4:04 PM – 5:25 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise9:14 PM

Moonset10:01 AM

Vaidhriti until 12:11 PM

Balava

Guruvara

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