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Thursday, 14 December 2023
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 12:56 AM, Dec 15
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:09 AM
Sunset5:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:46 AM
Avoid
1:32 PM – 2:48 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:35 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 18 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 20 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 9 days Sat, 23 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:32 PM – 2:48 PM
7:09 AM – 8:26 AM
9:42 AM – 10:59 AM
12:35 PM – 1:57 PM, 3:59 PM – 5:21 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:14 AM
Moonset6:52 PM
Ganda until 1:24 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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