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Tuesday, 20 January 1942
What matters on this day
Magha Shukla Paksha until 9:15 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise8:18 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:23 PM
Avoid
4:09 PM – 5:27 PM
Auspicious
1:11 PM – 1:53 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Thu, 22 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Sat, 24 Jan
- Jaya Ekadashi in 7 days Tue, 27 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:09 PM – 5:27 PM
10:55 AM – 12:13 PM
1:32 PM – 2:50 PM
10:24 AM – 11:47 AM, 5:22 PM – 6:45 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
Moonrise10:34 AM
Moonset10:31 PM
Variyan until 6:16 PM
Vanija
Mangalavara
Your observances
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