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Wednesday, 5 January 1977
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 5:40 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:46 PM
Avoid
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sun, 9 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Tue, 11 Jan
- Kalashtami in 8 days Thu, 13 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
1:28 PM – 2:50 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
Moonrise5:33 PM
Moonset6:58 AM
Indra until 12:03 AM, Jan 06
Bava
Budhavara
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