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Friday, 17 January 2020
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 7:28 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:12 AM, Jan 18
Avoid
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:51 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shattila Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 20 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 22 Jan
- Amavasya in 7 days Fri, 24 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
3:07 PM – 4:25 PM
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:28 AM – 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:20 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
MoonriseN/A
Moonset11:41 AM
Sukarma until 3:05 PM
Bava
Shukravara
Your observances
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