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Sunday, 24 December 2006
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 2:43 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:19 AM
Avoid
4:09 PM – 5:26 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:40 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Tue, 26 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Thu, 28 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 6 days Sat, 30 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:09 PM – 5:26 PM
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
1:21 PM – 2:43 PM, 4:04 PM – 5:26 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise10:06 AM
Moonset9:25 PM
Harshana until 5:31 PM
Vishti
Ravivara
Your observances
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