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Saturday, 17 January 2026
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 12:04 AM, Jan 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:12 AM
Avoid
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Other traditions are observing something today; see below.
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Amavasya tomorrow Sun, 18 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Tue, 20 Jan
- Vasant Panchami in 6 days Fri, 23 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
7:18 AM – 8:36 AM
9:23 AM – 10:47 AM
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
Moonrise5:57 AM
Moonset4:31 PM
Vyaghata until 9:18 PM
Vishti
Shanivara
Your observances
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