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Wednesday, 13 January 2027

What matters on this day

Pausha Shukla Paksha until 1:02 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise7:19 AM

Sunset5:40 PM

Nakshatra until 10:04 PM

Avoid 12:29 PM – 1:47 PM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday

Lohri The Punjab bonfire night marking the end of winter. Sesame, jaggery, popcorn and rewri are thrown into the fire, and it is kept with particular emphasis for a family's first married year or first child. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

12:29 PM – 1:47 PM

8:36 AM – 9:54 AM

11:12 AM – 12:29 PM

1:31 PM – 2:54 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

Moonrise10:27 AM

Moonset10:39 PM

Variyan until 5:54 PM

Balava

Budhavara

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