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Thursday, 6 January 1944

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 12:16 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise8:19 AM

Sunset6:34 PM

Nakshatra until 11:58 PM

Avoid 2:43 PM – 4:00 PM

Auspicious 1:06 PM – 1:47 PM

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

2:43 PM – 4:00 PM

8:19 AM – 9:36 AM

10:52 AM – 12:09 PM

1:47 PM – 3:09 PM, 5:12 PM – 6:34 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:21 PM

Moonset4:26 AM

Sadhya until 8:38 AM

Vishti

Guruvara

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