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Thursday, 24 December 2048

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:13 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:15 AM

Sunset5:26 PM

Nakshatra until 4:09 AM, Dec 25

Avoid 1:37 PM – 2:53 PM

Auspicious 12:00 PM – 12:41 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:37 PM – 2:53 PM

7:15 AM – 8:31 AM

9:48 AM – 11:04 AM

12:41 PM – 2:02 PM, 4:04 PM – 5:26 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

Moonrise9:06 PM

Moonset9:55 AM

Vaidhriti until 11:10 AM

Bava

Guruvara

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