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Saturday, 16 January 1943

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:08 AM, Jan 17

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise8:19 AM

Sunset6:42 PM

Nakshatra until 9:13 PM

Avoid 10:55 AM – 12:12 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Pausha Putrada EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

10:55 AM – 12:12 PM

2:48 PM – 4:06 PM

8:19 AM – 9:37 AM

10:23 AM – 11:47 AM

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

Moonrise2:45 PM

Moonset3:54 AM

Shubha until 10:27 AM

Vanija

Shanivara

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