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Monday, 2 January 1978
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 5:20 AM, Jan 03
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:53 AM, Jan 03
Avoid
8:35 AM – 9:51 AM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:45 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 5 Jan
- Somvati Amavasya in 7 days Mon, 9 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 8 days Tue, 10 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:35 AM – 9:51 AM
11:08 AM – 12:25 PM
1:41 PM – 2:58 PM
11:23 AM – 12:45 PM, 2:48 PM – 4:10 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
MoonriseN/A
Moonset11:59 AM
Shobhana until 6:05 PM
Balava
Somavara
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