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Thursday, 18 January 2024
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 8:45 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:58 AM, Jan 19
Avoid
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:52 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 21 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 23 Jan
- Purnima in 7 days Thu, 25 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
7:18 AM – 8:36 AM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:52 PM – 2:15 PM, 4:20 PM – 5:44 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:55 AM
Moonset12:15 AM
Siddha until 2:47 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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