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Saturday, 24 January 1998

What matters on this day

Pausha Krishna Paksha until 5:22 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:17 AM

Sunset5:49 PM

Nakshatra until 7:06 AM, Jan 25

Avoid 9:55 AM – 11:14 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Shattila EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:55 AM – 11:14 AM

1:52 PM – 3:11 PM

7:17 AM – 8:36 AM

9:23 AM – 10:47 AM

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

Moonrise3:27 AM

Moonset2:07 PM

Dhruva until 5:21 AM, Jan 25

Balava

Shanivara

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