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Saturday, 4 December 2027

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 6:56 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:02 AM

Sunset5:19 PM

Nakshatra until 8:41 AM, Dec 05

Avoid 9:36 AM – 10:53 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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 →

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Inauspicious periods

9:36 AM – 10:53 AM

1:28 PM – 2:45 PM

7:02 AM – 8:19 AM

9:05 AM – 10:28 AM

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

Moonrise11:34 AM

Moonset10:52 PM

Vyaghata until 5:17 AM, Dec 05

Taitila

Shanivara

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