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Friday, 17 January 1986
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 2:34 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:58 PM
Avoid
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:52 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Sat, 18 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 21 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 23 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
3:07 PM – 4:25 PM
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:28 AM – 12:52 PM, 2:57 PM – 4:20 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
Moonrise11:30 AM
MoonsetN/A
Shiva until 7:22 AM
Vanija
Shukravara
Your observances
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