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Monday, 5 January 1981
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 12:35 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:12 PM
Avoid
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Bhaumvati Amavasya tomorrow Tue, 6 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Wed, 7 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Mon, 12 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
1:43 PM – 3:00 PM
11:25 AM – 12:47 PM, 2:50 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise6:15 AM
Moonset4:49 PM
Dhruva until 4:57 AM, Jan 06
Shakuni
Somavara
Your observances
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