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Wednesday, 8 January 2014
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 9:11 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:45 PM
Avoid
12:27 PM – 1:44 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 11 Jan
- Som Pradosh in 5 days Mon, 13 Jan
- Purnima in 8 days Thu, 16 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:27 PM – 1:44 PM
8:36 AM – 9:53 AM
11:10 AM – 12:27 PM
1:29 PM – 2:51 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
Moonrise12:05 PM
Moonset12:10 AM
Shiva until 1:00 AM, Jan 09
Vishti
Budhavara
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