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Monday, 1 January 1979
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 2:28 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:21 PM
Avoid
8:34 AM – 9:51 AM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Thu, 4 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Fri, 5 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 7 days Mon, 8 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:34 AM – 9:51 AM
11:07 AM – 12:24 PM
1:41 PM – 2:57 PM
11:23 AM – 12:44 PM, 2:47 PM – 4:09 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
Moonrise9:20 AM
Moonset8:35 PM
Harshana until 10:06 AM
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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