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Friday, 16 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 10:22 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:12 AM, Jan 17
Avoid
11:12 AM â 12:30 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM â 12:51 PM
Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sun, 18 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Tue, 20 Jan
- Vasant Panchami in 7 days Fri, 23 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:12 AM â 12:30 PM
3:06 PM â 4:24 PM
8:36 AM â 9:54 AM
11:28 AM â 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM â 4:19 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:07 AM
Moonset3:39 PM
Dhruva until 9:06 PM
Gara
Shukravara
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