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Sunday, 17 December 2028
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 6:23 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:57 AM, Dec 18
Avoid
4:06 PM – 5:22 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:37 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Fri, 22 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sun, 24 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 10 days Wed, 27 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:06 PM – 5:22 PM
12:17 PM – 1:33 PM
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
1:18 PM – 2:39 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:22 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:06 AM
Moonset6:43 PM
Vriddhi until 2:52 AM, Dec 18
Balava
Ravivara
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