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Sunday, 5 January 2042
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 2:16 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:34 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:33 AM
Avoid
4:17 PM – 5:34 PM
Auspicious
12:06 PM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Purnima tomorrow Mon, 6 Jan
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Fri, 10 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Sun, 12 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:17 PM – 5:34 PM
12:26 PM – 1:43 PM
3:00 PM – 4:17 PM
1:28 PM – 2:50 PM, 4:12 PM – 5:34 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
Moonrise4:45 PM
Moonset6:11 AM
Brahma until 9:00 PM
Vanija
Ravivara
Your observances
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