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Saturday, 16 January 2027
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 1:43 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:38 PM
Avoid
9:54 AM – 11:12 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Tue, 19 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Wed, 20 Jan
- Purnima in 6 days Fri, 22 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:54 AM – 11:12 AM
1:48 PM – 3:06 PM
7:19 AM – 8:37 AM
9:23 AM – 10:46 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:08 PM
Moonset12:33 AM
Siddha until 2:38 PM
Bava
Shanivara
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