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Monday, 18 December 2023
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:21 AM, Dec 19
Avoid
8:28 AM – 9:44 AM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:37 PM
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Wed, 20 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 5 days Sat, 23 Dec
- Vaikunta Ekadashi in 5 days Sat, 23 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:28 AM – 9:44 AM
11:01 AM – 12:17 PM
1:33 PM – 2:50 PM
11:16 AM – 12:37 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
Moonrise11:26 AM
Moonset11:15 PM
Vajra until 9:31 PM
Taitila
Somavara
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