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Wednesday, 27 August 2014
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 12:15 AM, Aug 28
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:50 AM
Avoid
12:22 PM – 1:58 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sun, 31 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Tue, 2 Sep
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 9 days Fri, 5 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:22 PM – 1:58 PM
7:35 AM – 9:11 AM
10:47 AM – 12:22 PM
1:38 PM – 3:20 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:14 AM
Moonset7:47 PM
Siddha until 3:31 PM
Balava
Budhavara
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