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Friday, 24 December 1976
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 10:55 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:30 PM
Avoid
11:04 AM – 12:20 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:41 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Sun, 26 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Tue, 28 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 1 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:04 AM – 12:20 PM
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
8:31 AM – 9:48 AM
11:19 AM – 12:41 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:04 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
Moonrise9:52 AM
Moonset9:04 PM
Harshana until 10:20 PM
Vanija
Shukravara
Your observances
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