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Wednesday, 12 March 2014

What matters on this day

Phalguna Shukla Paksha until 3:11 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:38 AM

Sunset6:23 PM

Nakshatra until 5:17 AM, Mar 13

Avoid 12:31 PM – 1:59 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Amalaki EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

12:31 PM – 1:59 PM

8:06 AM – 9:34 AM

11:03 AM – 12:31 PM

1:41 PM – 3:15 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

Moonrise2:40 PM

Moonset3:51 AM

Shobhana until 1:54 PM

Vishti

Budhavara

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