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Sunday, 21 December 2031
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:57 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:56 AM, Dec 22
Avoid
4:08 PM – 5:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:39 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Wed, 24 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Fri, 26 Dec
- Purnima in 7 days Sun, 28 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:08 PM – 5:24 PM
12:19 PM – 1:35 PM
2:51 PM – 4:08 PM
1:20 PM – 2:41 PM, 4:02 PM – 5:24 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:30 PM
Moonset12:05 AM
Vyatipata until 5:48 PM
Bava
Ravivara
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