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Friday, 17 December 1976

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:23 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:11 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 7:51 AM

Avoid 11:00 AM – 12:17 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:37 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

11:00 AM – 12:17 PM

2:50 PM – 4:06 PM

8:28 AM – 9:44 AM

11:16 AM – 12:37 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:01 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:42 AM

Moonset2:15 PM

Atiganda until 1:40 AM, Dec 18

Bava

Shukravara

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