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Tuesday, 20 January 2026
What matters on this day
Magha Shukla Paksha until 2:43 AM, Jan 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:07 PM
Avoid
3:09 PM – 4:27 PM
Auspicious
12:11 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Vasant Panchami in 3 days Fri, 23 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sat, 24 Jan
- Ratha Saptami in 5 days Sun, 25 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:09 PM – 4:27 PM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:32 PM – 1:50 PM
9:23 AM – 10:47 AM, 4:22 PM – 5:46 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:09 AM
Moonset7:21 PM
Siddhi until 8:01 PM
Balava
Mangalavara
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