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Friday, 8 January 2016
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 8:13 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:47 AM
Avoid
11:10 AM – 12:27 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sun, 10 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Mon, 11 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Fri, 15 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:10 AM – 12:27 PM
3:01 PM – 4:18 PM
8:36 AM – 9:53 AM
11:25 AM – 12:48 PM, 2:51 PM – 4:13 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
Moonrise5:31 AM
Moonset4:06 PM
Vriddhi until 3:39 PM
Vanija
Shukravara
Your observances
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