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Sunday, 8 January 2017
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:52 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:26 PM
Avoid
4:19 PM – 5:36 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh in 2 days Tue, 10 Jan
- Purnima in 4 days Thu, 12 Jan
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 8 days Mon, 16 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:19 PM – 5:36 PM
12:27 PM – 1:45 PM
3:02 PM – 4:19 PM
1:29 PM – 2:51 PM, 4:14 PM – 5:36 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
Moonrise1:44 PM
Moonset2:36 AM
Sadhya until 4:24 PM
Gara
Ravivara
Your observances
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