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Thursday, 20 January 1977
What matters on this day
Magha Shukla Paksha until 5:51 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:44 AM, Jan 21
Avoid
1:50 PM – 3:09 PM
Auspicious
12:11 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
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- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Tue, 25 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Thu, 27 Jan
- Jaya Ekadashi in 10 days Sun, 30 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:50 PM – 3:09 PM
7:18 AM – 8:36 AM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:53 PM – 2:16 PM, 4:22 PM – 5:46 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:41 AM
Moonset6:44 PM
Vajra until 8:50 AM
Bava
Guruvara
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