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Sunday, 31 December 2028
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 10:18 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset5:30 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:50 AM, Jan 01
Avoid
4:14 PM â 5:30 PM
Auspicious
12:03 PM â 12:44 PM
New Year's Eve
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PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Thu, 4 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Sat, 6 Jan
- Shattila Ekadashi in 10 days Wed, 10 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:14 PM â 5:30 PM
12:24 PM â 1:40 PM
2:57 PM â 4:14 PM
1:25 PM â 2:47 PM, 4:09 PM â 5:30 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:18 PM
Moonset6:43 AM
Brahma until 11:34 PM
Vishti
Ravivara
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