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Monday, 12 January 1948
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 3:42 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:38 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:43 PM
Avoid
8:37 AM – 9:54 AM
Auspicious
12:08 PM – 12:49 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sat, 17 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Mon, 19 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 10 days Thu, 22 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:37 AM – 9:54 AM
11:11 AM – 12:29 PM
1:46 PM – 3:04 PM
11:27 AM – 12:49 PM, 2:53 PM – 4:16 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:51 AM
Moonset6:41 PM
Harshana until 1:14 PM
Bava
Somavara
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