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Monday, 16 January 2012
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 1:36 AM, Jan 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:14 PM
Avoid
8:37 AM – 9:54 AM
Auspicious
12:09 PM – 12:51 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Shattila Ekadashi in 3 days Thu, 19 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Fri, 20 Jan
- Somvati Amavasya in 7 days Mon, 23 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:37 AM – 9:54 AM
11:12 AM – 12:30 PM
1:48 PM – 3:06 PM
11:28 AM – 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:19 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:00 AM
Moonset11:49 AM
Sukarma until 2:50 PM
Balava
Somavara
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