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Friday, 6 January 1956
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:37 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:19 AM
Avoid
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 2 days Sun, 8 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 4 days Tue, 10 Jan
- Amavasya in 6 days Thu, 12 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
3:00 PM – 4:17 PM
8:36 AM – 9:52 AM
11:25 AM – 12:47 PM, 2:50 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise1:16 AM
Moonset12:50 PM
Sukarma until 8:22 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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