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Monday, 8 January 2024
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 11:59 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:03 PM
Avoid
8:36 AM – 9:53 AM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh tomorrow Tue, 9 Jan
- Masik Shivaratri in 2 days Wed, 10 Jan
- Amavasya in 3 days Thu, 11 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:36 AM – 9:53 AM
11:10 AM – 12:27 PM
1:44 PM – 3:01 PM
11:25 AM – 12:48 PM, 2:51 PM – 4:13 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
Moonrise3:53 AM
Moonset2:41 PM
Ganda until 2:55 AM, Jan 09
Kaulava
Somavara
Your observances
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