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Wednesday, 26 December 2018

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:46 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:16 AM

Sunset5:27 PM

Nakshatra until 1:39 PM

Avoid 12:21 PM – 1:38 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

12:21 PM – 1:38 PM

8:32 AM – 9:48 AM

11:05 AM – 12:21 PM

1:22 PM – 2:44 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

Moonrise9:38 PM

Moonset10:11 AM

Vishkumbha until 6:12 PM

Balava

Budhavara

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