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Friday, 5 January 2024
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:46 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:49 PM
Avoid
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
Auspicious
12:05 PM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 2 days Sun, 7 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 4 days Tue, 9 Jan
- Masik Shivaratri in 5 days Wed, 10 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
3:00 PM – 4:16 PM
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:24 AM – 12:46 PM, 2:49 PM – 4:11 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
Moonrise1:02 AM
Moonset12:41 PM
Sukarma until 6:47 AM, Jan 06
Taitila
Shukravara
Your observances
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