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Wednesday, 24 December 2003
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 11:45 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:20 PM
Avoid
12:20 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, 28 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Tue, 30 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 10 days Sat, 3 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
8:31 AM – 9:47 AM
11:04 AM – 12:20 PM
1:21 PM – 2:42 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:56 AM
Moonset6:38 PM
Vriddhi until 9:28 AM
Bava
Budhavara
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