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Sunday, 21 December 2025
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 9:11 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:36 AM, Dec 22
Avoid
4:08 PM – 5:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Fri, 26 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sun, 28 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 9 days Tue, 30 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:08 PM – 5:24 PM
12:19 PM – 1:35 PM
2:51 PM – 4:08 PM
1:20 PM – 2:41 PM, 4:03 PM – 5:24 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:02 AM
Moonset6:38 PM
Vriddhi until 4:35 PM
Bava
Ravivara
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