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Thursday, 8 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 7:05 AM, Jan 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:24 PM
Avoid
1:44 PM – 3:02 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
Coming up
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:44 PM – 3:02 PM
7:19 AM – 8:36 AM
9:53 AM – 11:10 AM
12:48 PM – 2:10 PM, 4:14 PM – 5:36 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
Moonrise10:51 PM
Moonset10:41 AM
Saubhagya until 5:25 PM
Gara
Guruvara
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