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Friday, 31 December 1976
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:39 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:22 AM, Jan 01
Avoid
11:07 AM – 12:24 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 1 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Sun, 2 Jan
- Purnima in 5 days Wed, 5 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:07 AM – 12:24 PM
2:57 PM – 4:14 PM
8:34 AM – 9:51 AM
11:23 AM – 12:44 PM, 2:47 PM – 4:08 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
Moonrise1:46 PM
Moonset2:33 AM
Siddha until 10:39 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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