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Wednesday, 12 January 1949
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 9:20 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:50 AM
Avoid
12:29 PM – 1:47 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Fri, 14 Jan
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Tue, 18 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 8 days Thu, 20 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:29 PM – 1:47 PM
8:37 AM – 9:54 AM
11:12 AM – 12:29 PM
1:31 PM – 2:54 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
Moonrise3:13 PM
Moonset4:34 AM
Shukla until 7:43 AM
Balava
Budhavara
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