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Thursday, 15 December 2072

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:18 AM, Dec 16

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:10 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 4:44 PM

Avoid 1:32 PM – 2:49 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:36 PM

Shukla ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

1:32 PM – 2:49 PM

7:10 AM – 8:27 AM

9:43 AM – 11:00 AM

12:36 PM – 1:58 PM, 4:00 PM – 5:22 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:12 AM

Moonset10:44 PM

Harshana until 5:45 PM

Kaulava

Guruvara

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