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Wednesday, 17 December 2025
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 2:33 AM, Dec 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:11 PM
Avoid
12:17 PM – 1:33 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Fri, 19 Dec
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Sun, 21 Dec
- Shukla Shashti in 9 days Fri, 26 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:17 PM – 1:33 PM
8:28 AM – 9:44 AM
11:00 AM – 12:17 PM
1:18 PM – 2:39 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
Moonrise4:34 AM
Moonset3:29 PM
Sukarma until 2:16 PM
Gara
Budhavara
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