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Monday, 8 December 2042

What matters on this day

Kartik Krishna Paksha until 11:34 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:05 AM

Sunset5:20 PM

Nakshatra until 5:23 PM

Avoid 8:22 AM – 9:39 AM

Auspicious 11:52 AM – 12:33 PM

Utpanna 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

8:22 AM – 9:39 AM

10:56 AM – 12:12 PM

1:29 PM – 2:46 PM

11:11 AM – 12:33 PM, 2:36 PM – 3:58 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:03 AM

Moonset2:37 PM

Saubhagya until 7:16 AM

Balava

Somavara

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