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Thursday, 9 January 2042
What matters on this day
Pausha Krishna Paksha until 5:43 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset5:37 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:54 PM
Avoid
1:45 PM – 3:02 PM
Auspicious
12:07 PM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi tomorrow Fri, 10 Jan
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Sun, 12 Jan
- Kalashtami in 5 days Tue, 14 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:45 PM – 3:02 PM
7:19 AM – 8:36 AM
9:53 AM – 11:11 AM
12:48 PM – 2:11 PM, 4:14 PM – 5:37 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
Moonrise8:32 PM
Moonset9:11 AM
Priti until 7:14 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
Your observances
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