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Tuesday, 26 December 2023
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 6:03 AM, Dec 27
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:21 PM
Avoid
2:54 PM – 4:10 PM
Auspicious
12:01 PM – 12:41 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Sun, 31 Dec
- New Year's Day in 6 days Mon, 1 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 2 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:54 PM – 4:10 PM
9:48 AM – 11:05 AM
12:21 PM – 1:37 PM
9:18 AM – 10:39 AM, 4:05 PM – 5:27 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
Moonrise4:58 PM
Moonset6:24 AM
Shukla until 3:20 AM, Dec 27
Vishti
Mangalavara
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