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Wednesday, 3 January 2001
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 4:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:32 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:09 AM, Jan 04
Avoid
12:25 PM – 1:42 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 6 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Sun, 7 Jan
- Purnima in 6 days Tue, 9 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:25 PM – 1:42 PM
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:08 AM – 12:25 PM
1:27 PM – 2:49 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:17 PM
Moonset12:19 AM
Parigha until 2:15 PM
Bava
Budhavara
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