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Wednesday, 17 January 1996
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 8:37 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:12 PM
Avoid
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Thu, 18 Jan
- Amavasya in 3 days Sat, 20 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Sun, 21 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
1:33 PM – 2:56 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
Moonrise3:40 AM
Moonset2:26 PM
Vriddhi until 11:25 PM
Balava
Budhavara
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