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Sunday, 18 January 2009
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 8:52 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:05 PM
Avoid
4:26 PM – 5:44 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:52 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Shattila Ekadashi in 3 days Wed, 21 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Fri, 23 Jan
- Somvati Amavasya in 8 days Mon, 26 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:26 PM – 5:44 PM
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
3:08 PM – 4:26 PM
1:34 PM – 2:57 PM, 4:21 PM – 5:44 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:21 AM
Moonset11:56 AM
Dhriti until 11:11 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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