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Thursday, 24 December 1970

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:16 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:15 AM

Sunset5:25 PM

Nakshatra until 6:32 PM

Avoid 1:36 PM – 2:53 PM

Auspicious 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM

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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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:36 PM – 2:53 PM

7:15 AM – 8:31 AM

9:47 AM – 11:04 AM

12:40 PM – 2:02 PM, 4:04 PM – 5:25 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:54 AM

Moonset2:12 PM

Sukarma until 2:16 AM, Dec 25

Bava

Guruvara

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