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Tuesday, 24 December 1974
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 4:28 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:01 AM, Dec 25
Avoid
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:40 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi tomorrow Wed, 25 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Thu, 26 Dec
- Purnima in 5 days Sun, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
9:47 AM – 11:04 AM
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
9:17 AM – 10:38 AM, 4:04 PM – 5:25 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:39 PM
Moonset2:05 AM
Parigha until 9:15 AM
Gara
Mangalavara
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