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Monday, 9 December 2030
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:10 AM, Dec 10
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:06 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:37 AM, Dec 10
Avoid
8:23 AM – 9:39 AM
Auspicious
11:52 AM – 12:33 PM
Dattatreya Jayanti
Especially observed in Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Konkan.
The appearance day of Dattatreya, the three-headed form combining Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Kept at Gangapur, Ganagapur and the Datta sampradaya centres, with the Guru Charitra recited through the preceding week.
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PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Sat, 14 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Mon, 16 Dec
- Kalashtami in 9 days Wed, 18 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:23 AM – 9:39 AM
10:56 AM – 12:13 PM
1:30 PM – 2:46 PM
11:11 AM – 12:33 PM, 2:36 PM – 3:58 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
Moonrise5:00 PM
Moonset6:20 AM
Siddha until 2:40 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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