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Wednesday, 23 December 2026
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Shukla Paksha until 10:47 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset5:25 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:56 AM
Avoid
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Dattatreya Jayanti
Especially observed in Maharashtra, Karnataka and the Konkan.
The appearance day of Dattatreya, the three-headed form combining Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Kept at Gangapur, Ganagapur and the Datta sampradaya centres, with the Guru Charitra recited through the preceding week.
Why today, and how to observe it →
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sun, 27 Dec
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Tue, 29 Dec
- Kalashtami in 8 days Thu, 31 Dec
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:20 PM – 1:36 PM
8:31 AM – 9:47 AM
11:03 AM – 12:20 PM
1:21 PM – 2:42 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
Moonrise4:49 PM
Moonset6:08 AM
Shubha until 5:15 PM
Vanija
Budhavara
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