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Friday, 24 December 2021
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 7:34 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:26 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:09 AM, Dec 25
Avoid
11:04 AM – 12:20 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:41 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Sat, 25 Dec
- Kalashtami in 3 days Mon, 27 Dec
- Saphala Ekadashi in 6 days Thu, 30 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:04 AM – 12:20 PM
2:53 PM – 4:09 PM
8:31 AM – 9:47 AM
11:19 AM – 12:41 PM, 2:43 PM – 4:04 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
Moonrise10:10 PM
Moonset10:37 AM
Vishkumbha until 11:59 AM
Taitila
Shukravara
Your observances
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