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Tuesday, 16 December 2042
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 9:31 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:30 AM, Dec 17
Avoid
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Thu, 18 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Sat, 20 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 7 days Tue, 23 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:49 PM – 4:05 PM
9:43 AM – 11:00 AM
12:16 PM – 1:33 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
Moonrise9:59 AM
Moonset9:01 PM
Vyaghata until 5:15 AM, Dec 17
Vanija
Mangalavara
Your observances
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