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Thursday, 21 January 2021
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 3:50 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:47 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:36 PM
Avoid
1:51 PM – 3:09 PM
Auspicious
12:11 PM – 12:53 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 24 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 26 Jan
- Purnima in 7 days Thu, 28 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:51 PM – 3:09 PM
7:17 AM – 8:36 AM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:53 PM – 2:17 PM, 4:23 PM – 5:47 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:01 PM
Moonset12:37 AM
Sadhya until 8:23 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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