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Friday, 5 January 1979
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 4:25 AM, Jan 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:07 AM
Avoid
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:46 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 8 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 10 Jan
- Purnima in 8 days Sat, 13 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
3:00 PM – 4:16 PM
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:24 AM – 12:46 PM, 2:49 PM – 4:11 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:57 AM
MoonsetN/A
Parigha until 7:06 PM
Vishti
Shukravara
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