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Thursday, 12 January 2040
What matters on this day
Margashirsha Krishna Paksha until 4:12 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:39 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:46 AM
Avoid
1:46 PM – 3:04 PM
Auspicious
12:08 PM – 12:49 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sat, 14 Jan
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sun, 15 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Thu, 19 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:46 PM – 3:04 PM
7:19 AM – 8:36 AM
9:54 AM – 11:11 AM
12:49 PM – 2:12 PM, 4:16 PM – 5:39 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
Moonrise5:11 AM
Moonset3:49 PM
Vriddhi until 10:00 AM
Vanija
Guruvara
Your observances
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