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Sunday, 12 January 1997
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 8:19 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:51 AM, Jan 13
Avoid
4:22 PM – 5:39 PM
Auspicious
12:08 PM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Tue, 14 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Thu, 16 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 7 days Sun, 19 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:22 PM – 5:39 PM
12:29 PM – 1:47 PM
3:04 PM – 4:22 PM
1:31 PM – 2:54 PM, 4:17 PM – 5:39 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
Moonrise9:39 AM
Moonset9:26 PM
Vyatipata until 10:27 PM
Vanija
Ravivara
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