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Thursday, 31 December 1998
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 1:58 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:47 PM
Avoid
1:40 PM – 2:57 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Sat, 2 Jan
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Tue, 5 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Thu, 7 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:40 PM – 2:57 PM
7:17 AM – 8:34 AM
9:50 AM – 11:07 AM
12:44 PM – 2:06 PM, 4:08 PM – 5:30 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
Moonrise3:51 PM
Moonset5:08 AM
Shubha until 1:08 PM
Taitila
Guruvara
Your observances
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