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Friday, 6 January 2017
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 12:25 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:35 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:45 PM
Avoid
11:10 AM – 12:27 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh in 4 days Tue, 10 Jan
- Purnima in 6 days Thu, 12 Jan
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 10 days Mon, 16 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 – 12:47 PM, 2:50 PM – 4:12 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:19 PM
Moonset12:28 AM
Shiva until 10:51 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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