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Saturday, 17 December 2072
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 8:40 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:51 PM
Avoid
9:44 AM – 11:01 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 4 days Wed, 21 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Thu, 22 Dec
- Purnima in 8 days Sun, 25 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:44 AM – 11:01 AM
1:33 PM – 2:50 PM
7:11 AM – 8:28 AM
9:14 AM – 10:35 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:14 PM
MoonsetN/A
Siddhi until 7:35 PM
Vishti
Shanivara
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