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Friday, 22 December 2023
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 8:17 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:35 PM
Avoid
11:03 AM – 12:19 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:39 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 23 Dec
- Vaikunta Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 23 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Sun, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:03 AM – 12:19 PM
2:52 PM – 4:08 PM
8:30 AM – 9:46 AM
11:18 AM – 12:39 PM, 2:42 PM – 4:03 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
Moonrise1:54 PM
Moonset2:21 AM
Parigha until 11:10 AM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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