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Thursday, 6 December 2040
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 7:22 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:04 AM
Sunset5:19 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:46 AM, Dec 07
Avoid
1:29 PM – 2:46 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:32 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sun, 9 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Tue, 11 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 8 days Fri, 14 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:29 PM – 2:46 PM
7:04 AM – 8:21 AM
9:38 AM – 10:55 AM
12:32 PM – 1:54 PM, 3:57 PM – 5:19 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
Moonset7:34 PM
Ganda until 9:11 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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