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Tuesday, 16 January 1979
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 8:30 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:40 AM, Jan 17
Avoid
3:06 PM – 4:24 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:51 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi tomorrow Wed, 17 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Fri, 19 Jan
- Kalashtami in 5 days Sun, 21 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:06 PM – 4:24 PM
9:55 AM – 11:12 AM
12:30 PM – 1:48 PM
9:23 AM – 10:46 AM, 4:19 PM – 5:42 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
Moonrise8:31 PM
Moonset9:03 AM
Ayushman until 7:17 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
Your observances
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