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Thursday, 21 December 2000

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:55 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:24 PM

Nakshatra until 8:37 PM

Avoid 1:35 PM – 2:52 PM

Auspicious 11:58 AM – 12:39 PM

Saphala 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

1:35 PM – 2:52 PM

7:13 AM – 8:30 AM

9:46 AM – 11:02 AM

12:39 PM – 2:01 PM, 4:03 PM – 5:24 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:59 AM

Moonset2:19 PM

Atiganda until 9:49 AM

Balava

Guruvara

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