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Thursday, 4 January 1951

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 3:24 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:18 AM

Sunset5:32 PM

Nakshatra until 5:28 PM

Avoid 1:42 PM – 2:59 PM

Auspicious 12:05 PM – 12:46 PM

Saphala 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:42 PM – 2:59 PM

7:18 AM – 8:35 AM

9:52 AM – 11:09 AM

12:46 PM – 2:08 PM, 4:11 PM – 5:32 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:10 AM

Moonset2:14 PM

Shula until 3:20 AM, Jan 05

Balava

Guruvara

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