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Wednesday, 22 December 1976
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 2:06 AM, Dec 23
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:50 PM
Avoid
12:19 PM – 1:36 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sun, 26 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Tue, 28 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 10 days Sat, 1 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:19 PM – 1:36 PM
8:30 AM – 9:47 AM
11:03 AM – 12:19 PM
1:20 PM – 2:42 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:13 AM
Moonset6:56 PM
Dhruva until 3:19 AM, Dec 23
Balava
Budhavara
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