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Thursday, 16 January 1997
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 1:09 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:04 PM
Avoid
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:51 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 19 Jan
- Som Pradosh in 4 days Mon, 20 Jan
- Purnima in 7 days Thu, 23 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
7:19 AM – 8:37 AM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:51 PM – 2:15 PM, 4:19 PM – 5:43 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:09 PM
Moonset12:35 AM
Siddha until 11:48 AM
Bava
Guruvara
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