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Wednesday, 20 December 2023
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 11:14 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:13 AM
Sunset5:23 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:57 PM
Avoid
12:18 PM – 1:34 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Mokshada Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 23 Dec
- Vaikunta Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 23 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Sun, 24 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:18 PM – 1:34 PM
8:29 AM – 9:45 AM
11:02 AM – 12:18 PM
1:19 PM – 2:41 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:40 PM
Moonset12:18 AM
Vyatipata until 3:56 PM
Bava
Budhavara
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