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Saturday, 3 January 2004

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 11:37 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:18 AM

Sunset5:32 PM

Nakshatra until 7:26 AM, Jan 04

Avoid 9:51 AM – 11:08 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Pausha Putrada 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

9:51 AM – 11:08 AM

1:42 PM – 2:58 PM

7:18 AM – 8:35 AM

9:21 AM – 10:43 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

Moonrise2:20 PM

Moonset3:24 AM

Sadhya until 8:34 PM

Vishti

Shanivara

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