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Friday, 20 January 2040
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 7:22 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:57 PM
Avoid
11:13 AM – 12:32 PM
Auspicious
12:11 PM – 12:53 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Sat, 21 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 4 days Tue, 24 Jan
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 26 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
11:13 AM – 12:32 PM
3:08 PM – 4:27 PM
8:36 AM – 9:55 AM
11:29 AM – 12:53 PM, 2:58 PM – 4:22 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
Moonrise11:20 AM
MoonsetN/A
Siddha until 3:30 AM, Jan 21
Vanija
Shukravara
Your observances
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