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Monday, 2 January 2023
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 8:23 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:23 PM
Avoid
8:34 AM – 9:51 AM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:45 PM
Pausha Putrada EkadashiEkadashi
The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Vaikunta Ekadashi
The Ekadashi on which the Vaikuntha Dvara — the gate of the Paramapada — is opened in Vishnu temples, and devotees pass through it before dawn. Kept with a full fast and a night vigil.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Wed, 4 Jan
- Purnima in 4 days Fri, 6 Jan
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 9 days Wed, 11 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:34 AM – 9:51 AM
11:08 AM – 12:25 PM
1:41 PM – 2:58 PM
11:23 AM – 12:45 PM, 2:48 PM – 4:09 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
Moonrise2:06 PM
Moonset3:02 AM
Sadhya until 6:52 AM, Jan 03
Vanija
Somavara
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