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Saturday, 18 January 1986
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 4:58 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:52 PM
Avoid
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Tue, 21 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Thu, 23 Jan
- Purnima in 7 days Sat, 25 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
1:49 PM – 3:08 PM
7:18 AM – 8:37 AM
9:23 AM – 10:47 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:02 PM
Moonset12:31 AM
Siddha until 7:57 AM
Bava
Shanivara
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