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Wednesday, 5 January 2028
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:50 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:33 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:31 AM, Jan 06
Avoid
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 8 Jan
- Purnima in 7 days Wed, 12 Jan
- Lohri in 9 days Fri, 14 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
8:35 AM – 9:52 AM
11:09 AM – 12:26 PM
1:27 PM – 2:49 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:11 PM
Moonset12:14 AM
Parigha until 1:15 PM
Bava
Budhavara
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