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Wednesday, 20 December 2006
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 7:30 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:11 AM
Avoid
12:18 PM – 1:34 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Fri, 22 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Tue, 26 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 8 days Thu, 28 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:18 PM – 1:34 PM
8:29 AM – 9:45 AM
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
1:19 PM – 2:41 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
Moonrise6:44 AM
Moonset5:19 PM
Ganda until 2:28 AM, Dec 21
Chatushpada
Budhavara
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