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Saturday, 13 January 2029
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 10:47 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:40 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:04 PM
Avoid
9:54 AM – 11:12 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Lohri
The Punjab bonfire night marking the end of winter. Sesame, jaggery, popcorn and rewri are thrown into the fire, and it is kept with particular emphasis for a family's first married year or first child.
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Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Sun, 14 Jan
- Makar Sankranti tomorrow Sun, 14 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Tue, 16 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:54 AM – 11:12 AM
1:47 PM – 3:05 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
Moonrise5:55 AM
Moonset4:30 PM
Dhruva until 10:45 AM
Vishti
Shanivara
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