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Friday, 22 December 1939

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 8:42 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:24 PM

Nakshatra until 10:14 AM

Avoid 11:03 AM – 12:19 PM

Auspicious 11:59 AM – 12:39 PM

Mokshada EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

11:03 AM – 12:19 PM

2:52 PM – 4:08 PM

8:30 AM – 9:46 AM

11:18 AM – 12:39 PM, 2:41 PM – 4:03 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:13 PM

Moonset2:51 AM

Shiva until 10:21 PM

Vanija

Shukravara

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