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Friday, 16 December 1983

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:46 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:10 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 2:05 PM

Avoid 11:00 AM – 12:16 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:36 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

11:00 AM – 12:16 PM

2:49 PM – 4:05 PM

8:27 AM – 9:43 AM

11:15 AM – 12:36 PM, 2:39 PM – 4:00 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:31 PM

Moonset3:07 AM

Parigha until 1:46 PM

Vishti

Shukravara

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