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Wednesday, 23 August 2028

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 1:55 AM, Aug 24

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:58 AM

Sunset6:48 PM

Nakshatra until 11:16 PM

Avoid 12:23 PM – 1:59 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Ganesh Chaturthi The birth of Ganesha. A clay image is installed at home or in a public pandal, worshipped for one, three, five, seven or ten days according to the household's custom, and then immersed. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

12:23 PM – 1:59 PM

7:34 AM – 9:11 AM

10:47 AM – 12:23 PM

1:40 PM – 3:23 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise8:52 AM

Moonset8:57 PM

Sadhya until 12:50 PM

Vanija

Budhavara

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