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Wednesday, 5 January 1949
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 1:26 AM, Jan 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:00 AM, Jan 06
Avoid
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Fri, 7 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 6 days Tue, 11 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 7 days Wed, 12 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
1:28 PM – 2:50 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise10:55 AM
Moonset11:03 PM
Vyatipata until 7:50 AM
Kaulava
Budhavara
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