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Friday, 20 December 1996

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:58 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:24 PM

Nakshatra until 4:37 PM

Avoid 11:02 AM – 12:18 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:39 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

11:02 AM – 12:18 PM

2:51 PM – 4:07 PM

8:29 AM – 9:46 AM

11:17 AM – 12:39 PM, 2:41 PM – 4:02 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:08 PM

Moonset2:40 AM

Parigha until 8:07 AM

Vanija

Shukravara

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