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Sunday, 10 December 1978

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 3:18 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:06 AM

Sunset5:20 PM

Nakshatra until 4:03 AM, Dec 11

Avoid 4:03 PM – 5:20 PM

Auspicious 11:53 AM – 12:34 PM

Mokshada 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

4:03 PM – 5:20 PM

12:13 PM – 1:30 PM

2:47 PM – 4:03 PM

1:15 PM – 2:36 PM, 3:58 PM – 5:20 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:31 PM

Moonset2:53 AM

Variyan until 1:52 PM

Vishti

Ravivara

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