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Monday, 16 January 2040
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 11:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:22 PM
Avoid
8:36 AM – 9:54 AM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:51 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Thu, 19 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Sat, 21 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 8 days Tue, 24 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:36 AM – 9:54 AM
11:12 AM – 12:30 PM
1:48 PM – 3:06 PM
11:28 AM – 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:19 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
Moonrise8:54 AM
Moonset8:23 PM
Siddhi until 1:36 PM
Taitila
Somavara
Your observances
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