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Saturday, 24 December 2016

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:32 AM, Dec 25

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:15 AM

Sunset5:26 PM

Nakshatra until 12:36 AM, Dec 25

Avoid 9:48 AM – 11:04 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

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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Inauspicious periods

9:48 AM – 11:04 AM

1:37 PM – 2:53 PM

7:15 AM – 8:31 AM

9:17 AM – 10:39 AM

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

Moonrise2:42 AM

Moonset2:01 PM

Sukarma until 8:06 AM, Dec 25

Bava

Shanivara

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