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Friday, 28 December 1979
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 6:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset5:28 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:35 PM
Avoid
11:05 AM – 12:22 PM
Auspicious
12:02 PM – 12:42 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi tomorrow Sat, 29 Dec
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Sun, 30 Dec
- Purnima in 5 days Wed, 2 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:05 AM – 12:22 PM
2:55 PM – 4:11 PM
8:33 AM – 9:49 AM
11:21 AM – 12:42 PM, 2:45 PM – 4:06 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
Moonrise1:33 PM
Moonset2:00 AM
Shiva until 8:40 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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