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Wednesday, 25 December 1940

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:38 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:15 AM

Sunset5:26 PM

Nakshatra until 7:49 AM

Avoid 12:21 PM – 1:37 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Saphala 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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Inauspicious periods

12:21 PM – 1:37 PM

8:32 AM – 9:48 AM

11:04 AM – 12:21 PM

1:22 PM – 2:43 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:12 AM

Moonset2:26 PM

Sukarma until 12:49 PM

Balava

Budhavara

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