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Thursday, 18 December 1980

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:00 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:12 AM

Sunset5:23 PM

Nakshatra until 8:28 AM

Avoid 1:34 PM – 2:50 PM

Auspicious 11:57 AM – 12:38 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

1:34 PM – 2:50 PM

7:12 AM – 8:28 AM

9:45 AM – 11:01 AM

12:38 PM – 1:59 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:23 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:31 PM

Moonset3:08 AM

Shiva until 12:38 AM, Dec 19

Vishti

Guruvara

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