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Wednesday, 17 December 2003
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 10:44 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:10 PM
Avoid
12:16 PM – 1:33 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Sun, 21 Dec
- Bhaumvati Amavasya in 6 days Tue, 23 Dec
- Chandra Darshan in 7 days Wed, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:16 PM – 1:33 PM
8:27 AM – 9:44 AM
11:00 AM – 12:16 PM
1:18 PM – 2:39 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:18 AM
Moonset12:44 PM
Ayushman until 2:16 PM
Kaulava
Budhavara
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