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Monday, 17 January 2005
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 12:47 AM, Jan 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:25 AM, Jan 18
Avoid
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:52 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 20 Jan
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 22 Jan
- Purnima in 8 days Tue, 25 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
11:28 AM – 12:52 PM, 2:57 PM – 4:20 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:51 AM
Moonset12:10 AM
Siddha until 6:14 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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