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Tuesday, 16 December 2031
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 7:55 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:48 PM
Avoid
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:36 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Fri, 19 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Sun, 21 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 8 days Wed, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
12:16 PM – 1:32 PM
9:13 AM – 10:34 AM, 4:00 PM – 5:22 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
Moonrise8:54 AM
Moonset7:41 PM
Vriddhi until 1:05 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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