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Thursday, 1 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 10:22 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:48 PM
Avoid
1:41 PM â 2:57 PM
Auspicious
12:04 PM â 12:45 PM
New Year's DayNational holiday
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Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Sat, 3 Jan
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Tue, 6 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Thu, 8 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:41 PM â 2:57 PM
7:18 AM â 8:34 AM
9:51 AM â 11:08 AM
12:45 PM â 2:06 PM, 4:09 PM â 5:31 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise3:31 PM
Moonset4:45 AM
Shubha until 5:12 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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