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Monday, 5 January 2009
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 3:41 AM, Jan 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:44 AM
Avoid
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 2 days Wed, 7 Jan
- Purnima in 6 days Sun, 11 Jan
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 9 days Wed, 14 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
11:25 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
Moonrise12:32 PM
Moonset12:46 AM
Shiva until 7:57 PM
Balava
Somavara
Your observances
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