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Sunday, 3 January 2027

What matters on this day

Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:08 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:18 AM

Sunset5:32 PM

Nakshatra until 9:37 PM

Avoid 4:15 PM – 5:32 PM

Auspicious 12:05 PM – 12:45 PM

Saphala EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

4:15 PM – 5:32 PM

12:25 PM – 1:42 PM

2:58 PM – 4:15 PM

1:26 PM – 2:48 PM, 4:10 PM – 5:32 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

Moonrise3:14 AM

Moonset2:13 PM

Dhriti until 11:37 AM

Balava

Ravivara

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