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Sunday, 1 January 1956
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 7:55 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:45 AM
Avoid
4:14 PM – 5:30 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Tue, 3 Jan
- Kalashtami in 4 days Thu, 5 Jan
- Saphala Ekadashi in 7 days Sun, 8 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:14 PM – 5:30 PM
12:24 PM – 1:40 PM
2:57 PM – 4:14 PM
1:25 PM – 2:47 PM, 4:08 PM – 5:30 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
Moonrise9:18 PM
Moonset9:51 AM
Priti until 3:31 AM, Jan 02
Bava
Ravivara
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