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Wednesday, 16 December 1953

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 1:52 AM, Dec 17

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:10 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 1:47 AM, Dec 17

Avoid 12:16 PM – 1:33 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

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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Inauspicious periods

12:16 PM – 1:33 PM

8:27 AM – 9:43 AM

11:00 AM – 12:16 PM

1:17 PM – 2:39 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:07 PM

Moonset2:27 AM

Parigha until 11:37 PM

Vanija

Budhavara

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