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Wednesday, 20 January 2016
What matters on this day
Magha Shukla Paksha until 10:43 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:54 PM
Avoid
12:32 PM – 1:50 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Thu, 21 Jan
- Purnima in 4 days Sun, 24 Jan
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 8 days Thu, 28 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:32 PM – 1:50 PM
8:36 AM – 9:55 AM
11:13 AM – 12:32 PM
1:34 PM – 2:58 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
Moonrise2:21 PM
Moonset3:38 AM
Brahma until 3:32 AM, Jan 21
Vishti
Budhavara
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