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Monday, 5 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 9:57 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:25 PM
Avoid
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi tomorrow Tue, 6 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Thu, 8 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 4 days Fri, 9 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
1:43 PM – 3:00 PM
11:25 AM – 12:47 PM, 2:50 PM – 4:12 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
Moonrise7:51 PM
Moonset8:45 AM
Vishkumbha until 10:47 PM
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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