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Thursday, 5 February 1942

What matters on this day

Magha Krishna Paksha until 2:44 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise8:11 AM

Sunset6:59 PM

Nakshatra until 1:13 PM

Avoid 2:56 PM – 4:17 PM

Auspicious 1:13 PM – 1:56 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

2:56 PM – 4:17 PM

8:11 AM – 9:32 AM

10:53 AM – 12:14 PM

1:56 PM – 3:23 PM, 5:32 PM – 6:59 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:59 PM

Moonset10:26 AM

Sukarma until 2:06 PM

Balava

Guruvara

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