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Wednesday, 20 February 1946

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 11:50 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:59 AM

Sunset6:10 PM

Nakshatra until 9:06 AM, Feb 21

Avoid 12:35 PM – 1:59 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

12:35 PM – 1:59 PM

8:23 AM – 9:47 AM

11:11 AM – 12:35 PM

1:42 PM – 3:11 PM

These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →

Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:11 PM

Moonset9:13 AM

Ganda until 5:10 AM, Feb 21

Balava

Budhavara

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