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Friday, 9 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 8:24 AM, Jan 10
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:37 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:40 PM
Avoid
11:11 AM – 12:28 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
Coming up
- Kalashtami in 2 days Sun, 11 Jan
- Lohri in 4 days Tue, 13 Jan
- Shattila Ekadashi in 5 days Wed, 14 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:11 AM – 12:28 PM
3:02 PM – 4:19 PM
8:36 AM – 9:53 AM
11:26 AM – 12:48 PM, 2:52 PM – 4:14 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
Moonrise11:46 PM
Moonset11:14 AM
Shobhana until 4:55 PM
Vishti
Shukravara
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