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Monday, 12 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 12:43 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:05 PM
Avoid
8:36 AM – 9:54 AM
Auspicious
12:08 PM – 12:50 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
- Lohri tomorrow Tue, 13 Jan
- Shattila Ekadashi in 2 days Wed, 14 Jan
- Makar Sankranti in 2 days Wed, 14 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:36 AM – 9:54 AM
11:11 AM – 12:29 PM
1:47 PM – 3:04 PM
11:27 AM – 12:50 PM, 2:54 PM – 4:16 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
Moonrise1:33 AM
Moonset12:51 PM
Dhriti until 6:12 PM
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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