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Sunday, 14 January 2029
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 10:54 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:41 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:37 PM
Avoid
4:23 PM â 5:41 PM
Auspicious
12:09 PM â 12:51 PM
AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings â tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
Why today, and how to observe it â
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.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Tue, 16 Jan
- Vasant Panchami in 5 days Fri, 19 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Sun, 21 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:23 PM â 5:41 PM
12:30 PM â 1:48 PM
3:05 PM â 4:23 PM
1:32 PM â 2:55 PM, 4:18 PM â 5:41 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
Moonrise6:48 AM
Moonset5:28 PM
Vyaghata until 9:26 AM
Chatushpada
Ravivara
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