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Friday, 17 December 2049
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:38 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:22 AM
Avoid
11:00 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:37 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 21 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 22 Dec
- Amavasya in 7 days Fri, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:00 AM – 12:17 PM
2:50 PM – 4:06 PM
8:28 AM – 9:44 AM
11:16 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:01 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
MoonriseN/A
Moonset12:18 PM
Ayushman until 5:53 AM, Dec 18
Balava
Shukravara
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