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Wednesday, 21 December 2011

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:09 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:13 AM

Sunset5:24 PM

Nakshatra until 3:14 PM

Avoid 12:18 PM – 1:35 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

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

12:18 PM – 1:35 PM

8:29 AM – 9:46 AM

11:02 AM – 12:18 PM

1:20 PM – 2:41 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:13 AM

Moonset2:31 PM

Atiganda until 7:19 AM

Balava

Budhavara

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