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Wednesday, 17 January 2024
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 10:07 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:33 AM, Jan 18
Avoid
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Other traditions are observing something today; see below.
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Thu, 18 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 4 days Sun, 21 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 6 days Tue, 23 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
8:37 AM – 9:55 AM
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
1:33 PM – 2:56 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
Moonrise11:18 AM
MoonsetN/A
Shiva until 5:12 PM
Gara
Budhavara
Your observances
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