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Monday, 21 December 2026
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 5:36 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:09 PM
Avoid
8:30 AM – 9:46 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Wed, 23 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Sun, 27 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 8 days Tue, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:30 AM – 9:46 AM
11:02 AM – 12:19 PM
1:35 PM – 2:51 PM
11:18 AM – 12:39 PM, 2:41 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
Moonrise2:58 PM
Moonset3:51 AM
Siddha until 1:32 AM, Dec 22
Balava
Somavara
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