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Tuesday, 5 January 2021
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:04 AM, Jan 06
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:20 PM
Avoid
3:00 PM – 4:17 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 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
- Kalashtami tomorrow Wed, 6 Jan
- Saphala Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 9 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 10 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:00 PM – 4:17 PM
9:52 AM – 11:09 AM
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
9:22 AM – 10:44 AM, 4:12 PM – 5:34 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
Moonrise11:52 PM
Moonset11:21 AM
Shobhana until 3:00 AM, Jan 06
Vishti
Mangalavara
Your observances
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