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Tuesday, 12 January 2027
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 11:29 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:14 PM
Avoid
3:04 PM – 4:21 PM
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 Wed, 13 Jan
- Makar Sankranti in 2 days Thu, 14 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Thu, 14 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:04 PM – 4:21 PM
9:54 AM – 11:11 AM
12:29 PM – 1:46 PM
9:23 AM – 10:46 AM, 4:16 PM – 5:39 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
Moonrise9:55 AM
Moonset9:45 PM
Vyatipata until 5:57 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
Your observances
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