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Sunday, 21 January 1979
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 5:00 AM, Jan 22
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:46 PM
Avoid
4:28 PM – 5:46 PM
Auspicious
12:11 PM – 12:53 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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- Shattila Ekadashi in 3 days Wed, 24 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Fri, 26 Jan
- Amavasya in 7 days Sun, 28 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:28 PM – 5:46 PM
12:32 PM – 1:51 PM
3:09 PM – 4:28 PM
1:35 PM – 2:59 PM, 4:22 PM – 5:46 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:02 AM
Moonset11:41 AM
Dhriti until 8:37 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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