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Monday, 5 January 1998
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 8:47 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:03 PM
Avoid
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Tue, 6 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 8 Jan
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 10 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
1:43 PM – 3:00 PM
11:24 AM – 12:47 PM, 2:50 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise11:51 AM
MoonsetN/A
Parigha until 9:14 PM
Vanija
Somavara
Your observances
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