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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 5:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:24 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:15 PM
Avoid
12:18 PM – 1:35 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 4 days Sun, 24 Dec
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Tue, 26 Dec
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 9 days Fri, 29 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:18 PM – 1:35 PM
8:29 AM – 9:46 AM
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
1:19 PM – 2:41 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
Moonrise8:37 AM
Moonset7:17 PM
Dhruva until 5:45 AM, Dec 21
Kaulava
Budhavara
Your observances
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