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Saturday, 15 January 2028
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 8:10 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:25 AM
Avoid
9:54 AM – 11:12 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Makar Sankranti
The day the Sun begins its northward course. Observed as a harvest festival across almost the whole subcontinent under a dozen different names, with bathing in rivers, sesame-and-jaggery sweets, charity, and in several regions kite-flying and cattle honouring.
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Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti
The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Mon, 17 Jan
- Kalashtami in 4 days Wed, 19 Jan
- Shattila Ekadashi in 7 days Sat, 22 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:54 AM – 11:12 AM
1:48 PM – 3:06 PM
7:19 AM – 8:36 AM
9:23 AM – 10:46 AM
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
Moonrise9:28 PM
Moonset9:37 AM
Saubhagya until 2:10 AM, Jan 16
Bava
Shanivara
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