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Tuesday, 28 December 1971

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 10:53 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:16 AM

Sunset5:28 PM

Nakshatra until 2:44 PM

Avoid 2:55 PM – 4:11 PM

Auspicious 12:02 PM – 12:42 PM

Pausha Putrada 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

2:55 PM – 4:11 PM

9:49 AM – 11:06 AM

12:22 PM – 1:38 PM

9:19 AM – 10:40 AM, 4:06 PM – 5:28 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:26 PM

Moonset3:16 AM

Siddha until 4:01 PM

Vishti

Mangalavara

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