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Tuesday, 15 December 2026
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 9:19 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:21 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:53 AM
Avoid
2:49 PM â 4:05 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM â 12:36 PM
Subrahmanya Shashti (Champa Shashti)
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Shukla ShashtiShashti
The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Dhanu Sankranti tomorrow Wed, 16 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 17 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 20 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:49 PM â 4:05 PM
9:43 AM â 10:59 AM
12:16 PM â 1:32 PM
9:12 AM â 10:34 AM, 4:00 PM â 5:21 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:21 AM
Moonset10:56 PM
Harshana until 1:38 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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