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Wednesday, 20 March 1940

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 3:06 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:29 AM

Sunset6:28 PM

Nakshatra until 11:53 AM

Avoid 12:29 PM – 1:58 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Amalaki 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

12:29 PM – 1:58 PM

7:59 AM – 9:29 AM

10:59 AM – 12:29 PM

1:40 PM – 3:16 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:46 PM

Moonset3:43 AM

Atiganda until 7:01 AM

Vishti

Budhavara

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