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Monday, 16 January 1978
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 9:13 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:28 AM, Jan 17
Avoid
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:51 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 19 Jan
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 21 Jan
- Purnima in 8 days Tue, 24 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:13 AM – 12:30 PM
1:48 PM – 3:06 PM
11:28 AM – 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:19 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:58 AM
Moonset12:18 AM
Siddha until 7:00 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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