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Thursday, 20 January 2028
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 12:04 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:22 AM, Jan 21
Avoid
1:50 PM – 3:08 PM
Auspicious
12:11 PM – 12:52 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shattila Ekadashi in 2 days Sat, 22 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Sun, 23 Jan
- Masik Shivaratri in 5 days Tue, 25 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:50 PM – 3:08 PM
7:18 AM – 8:36 AM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:52 PM – 2:16 PM, 4:22 PM – 5:45 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
Moonrise1:39 AM
Moonset12:47 PM
Shula until 1:55 PM
Gara
Guruvara
Your observances
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