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Wednesday, 23 December 1998
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 6:53 AM, Dec 24
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:10 AM, Dec 24
Avoid
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Sat, 26 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 6 days Tue, 29 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 7 days Wed, 30 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
8:31 AM – 9:47 AM
11:03 AM – 12:20 PM
1:21 PM – 2:42 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
Moonrise10:20 AM
Moonset9:41 PM
Harshana until 2:32 PM
Bava
Budhavara
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