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Wednesday, 17 March 1943

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 10:45 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:33 AM

Sunset7:26 PM

Nakshatra until 1:50 AM, Mar 18

Avoid 1:30 PM – 2:59 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

1:30 PM – 2:59 PM

9:02 AM – 10:31 AM

12:01 PM – 1:30 PM

2:41 PM – 4:16 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:29 PM

Moonset4:38 AM

Atiganda until 1:58 AM, Mar 18

Vanija

Budhavara

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