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Friday, 19 December 2042
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 6:44 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:11 AM, Dec 20
Avoid
11:01 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Sat, 20 Dec
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 23 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:01 AM – 12:18 PM
2:50 PM – 4:07 PM
8:29 AM – 9:45 AM
11:17 AM – 12:38 PM, 2:40 PM – 4:02 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
Moonrise11:54 AM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 11:08 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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