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Friday, 16 January 1948
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 1:32 AM, Jan 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:12 AM, Jan 17
Avoid
11:12 AM – 12:30 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:51 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Sat, 17 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Mon, 19 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 6 days Thu, 22 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:12 AM – 12:30 PM
3:06 PM – 4:24 PM
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:28 AM – 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:19 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
Moonrise10:09 AM
Moonset10:13 PM
Variyan until 4:22 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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