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Thursday, 18 December 2053
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:18 AM, Dec 19
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:42 PM
Avoid
1:34 PM – 2:50 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:38 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 21 Dec
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 23 Dec
- Purnima in 7 days Thu, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:34 PM – 2:50 PM
7:12 AM – 8:28 AM
9:45 AM – 11:01 AM
12:38 PM – 1:59 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:23 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:19 PM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 12:25 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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