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Tuesday, 18 December 2040
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 5:45 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:26 AM, Dec 19
Avoid
2:50 PM – 4:07 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 22 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Mon, 24 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:50 PM – 4:07 PM
9:45 AM – 11:01 AM
12:17 PM – 1:34 PM
9:14 AM – 10:36 AM, 4:01 PM – 5:23 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
Moonrise5:22 PM
Moonset6:49 AM
Shubha until 7:49 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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