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Wednesday, 17 October 2012
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 10:58 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:27 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:40 AM, Oct 18
Avoid
12:06 PM – 1:31 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sat, 20 Oct
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Mon, 22 Oct
- Papankusha Ekadashi in 8 days Thu, 25 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:06 PM – 1:31 PM
7:51 AM – 9:16 AM
10:41 AM – 12:06 PM
1:14 PM – 2:44 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
Moonrise8:11 AM
Moonset7:17 PM
Priti until 2:21 PM
Kaulava
Budhavara
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