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Tuesday, 17 January 2051
What matters on this day
Pausha Shukla Paksha until 11:25 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:50 PM
Avoid
3:07 PM – 4:25 PM
Auspicious
12:10 PM – 12:52 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Wed, 18 Jan
- Pausha Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 22 Jan
- Bhauma Pradosh in 7 days Tue, 24 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:07 PM – 4:25 PM
9:55 AM – 11:13 AM
12:31 PM – 1:49 PM
9:23 AM – 10:47 AM, 4:20 PM – 5:43 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
Moonrise10:24 AM
Moonset10:50 PM
Parigha until 12:29 AM, Jan 18
Balava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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