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Thursday, 17 December 2026
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:26 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:30 PM
Avoid
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 20 Dec
- Vaikunta Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 20 Dec
- Som Pradosh in 4 days Mon, 21 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:33 PM – 2:49 PM
7:11 AM – 8:27 AM
9:44 AM – 11:00 AM
12:37 PM – 1:59 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:22 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:26 PM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 1:21 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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