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Sunday, 17 December 2056

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 8:54 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:11 AM

Sunset5:22 PM

Nakshatra until 8:01 PM

Avoid 4:06 PM – 5:22 PM

Auspicious 11:57 AM – 12:37 PM

Pausha Putrada 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

4:06 PM – 5:22 PM

12:17 PM – 1:33 PM

2:50 PM – 4:06 PM

1:18 PM – 2:40 PM, 4:01 PM – 5:22 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:16 PM

Moonset2:50 AM

Parigha until 4:48 PM

Vanija

Ravivara

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