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Tuesday, 5 January 1988
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 9:17 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:18 AM
Avoid
2:59 PM – 4:16 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Fri, 8 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sun, 10 Jan
- Kalashtami in 7 days Tue, 12 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:59 PM – 4:16 PM
9:52 AM – 11:09 AM
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
9:21 AM – 10:43 AM, 4:11 PM – 5:33 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
Moonrise6:49 PM
Moonset8:03 AM
Vaidhriti until 10:53 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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