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Sunday, 8 January 2040
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 2:58 AM, Jan 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:03 PM
Avoid
4:18 PM – 5:36 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Saphala Ekadashi in 2 days Tue, 10 Jan
- Amavasya in 6 days Sat, 14 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 7 days Sun, 15 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:18 PM – 5:36 PM
12:27 PM – 1:44 PM
3:01 PM – 4:18 PM
1:29 PM – 2:51 PM, 4:13 PM – 5:36 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
Moonrise12:50 AM
Moonset12:31 PM
Sukarma until 11:20 PM
Taitila
Ravivara
Your observances
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