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Friday, 2 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 6:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:04 PM
Avoid
11:08 AM – 12:25 PM
Auspicious
12:04 PM – 12:45 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
- Purnima tomorrow Sat, 3 Jan
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Tue, 6 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Thu, 8 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:08 AM – 12:25 PM
2:58 PM – 4:15 PM
8:35 AM – 9:51 AM
11:23 AM – 12:45 PM, 2:48 PM – 4:10 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
Moonrise4:32 PM
Moonset5:53 AM
Shukla until 1:07 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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