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Tuesday, 6 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 8:02 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:17 PM
Avoid
3:00 PM – 4:17 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Thu, 8 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Fri, 9 Jan
- Kalashtami in 5 days Sun, 11 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:00 PM – 4:17 PM
9:53 AM – 11:10 AM
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
9:22 AM – 10:44 AM, 4:12 PM – 5:34 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
Moonrise8:55 PM
Moonset9:29 AM
Priti until 8:21 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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