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Thursday, 21 December 2023
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 9:37 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:09 PM
Avoid
1:35 PM – 2:51 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 2 days Sat, 23 Dec
- Vaikunta Ekadashi in 2 days Sat, 23 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Sun, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:35 PM – 2:51 PM
7:13 AM – 8:29 AM
9:46 AM – 11:02 AM
12:39 PM – 2:00 PM, 4:02 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
Moonrise1:16 PM
Moonset1:20 AM
Variyan until 1:27 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
Your observances
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