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Thursday, 4 January 2024
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 10:05 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:33 PM
Avoid
1:42 PM – 2:59 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:46 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 7 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 9 Jan
- Masik Shivaratri in 6 days Wed, 10 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:42 PM – 2:59 PM
7:18 AM – 8:35 AM
9:52 AM – 11:09 AM
12:46 PM – 2:08 PM, 4:11 PM – 5:33 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:09 AM
Moonset12:09 PM
Atiganda until 6:48 AM, Jan 05
Balava
Guruvara
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