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Sunday, 20 December 2026
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 8:15 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:55 PM
Avoid
4:07 PM â 5:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:38 PM
Mokshada 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 â
Vaikunta Ekadashi
The Ekadashi on which the Vaikuntha Dvara â the gate of the Paramapada â is opened in Vishnu temples, and devotees pass through it before dawn. Kept with a full fast and a night vigil.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Som Pradosh tomorrow Mon, 21 Dec
- Purnima in 3 days Wed, 23 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Sun, 27 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:07 PM â 5:24 PM
12:18 PM â 1:34 PM
2:51 PM â 4:07 PM
1:19 PM â 2:41 PM, 4:02 PM â 5:24 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:13 PM
Moonset2:46 AM
Parigha until 8:10 AM
Vanija
Ravivara
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