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Saturday, 23 December 1944
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 9:19 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise8:14 AM
Sunset6:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:41 PM
Avoid
10:47 AM – 12:03 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 2 days Mon, 25 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Wed, 27 Dec
- Purnima in 6 days Fri, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:47 AM – 12:03 PM
2:36 PM – 3:52 PM
8:14 AM – 9:31 AM
10:17 AM – 11:38 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:41 PM
Moonset1:27 AM
Variyan until 9:40 PM
Bava
Shanivara
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