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Sunday, 17 January 2021
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 8:08 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:42 AM, Jan 18
Avoid
4:25 PM – 5:43 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:52 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Tue, 19 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Thu, 21 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 7 days Sun, 24 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:25 PM – 5:43 PM
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
3:07 PM – 4:25 PM
1:33 PM – 2:57 PM, 4:20 PM – 5:43 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
Moonrise9:54 AM
Moonset9:57 PM
Variyan until 6:32 PM
Vishti
Ravivara
Your observances
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