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Friday, 17 December 2038

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:29 AM, Dec 18

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:11 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 3:50 AM, Dec 18

Avoid 11:00 AM – 12:17 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:37 PM

Krishna 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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

11:00 AM – 12:17 PM

2:49 PM – 4:06 PM

8:27 AM – 9:44 AM

11:16 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:01 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:40 PM

Moonset11:06 AM

Vishkumbha until 1:02 AM, Dec 18

Gara

Shukravara

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