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Wednesday, 7 December 2016
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 2:04 AM, Dec 08
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:40 AM
Avoid
12:12 PM – 1:29 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 10 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Sun, 11 Dec
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 10 days Sat, 17 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:12 PM – 1:29 PM
8:22 AM – 9:38 AM
10:55 AM – 12:12 PM
1:14 PM – 2:36 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
Moonrise12:31 PM
MoonsetN/A
Vajra until 1:47 AM, Dec 08
Vishti
Budhavara
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