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Monday, 17 January 2056
What matters on this day
Magha Shukla Paksha until 3:19 AM, Jan 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise7:18 AM
Sunset5:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:24 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
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Tue, 18 Jan
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Sun, 23 Jan
- Masik Durgashtami in 8 days Tue, 25 Jan
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:36 AM – 9:54 AM
11:13 AM – 12:31 PM
1:49 PM – 3:07 PM
11:28 AM – 12:51 PM, 2:56 PM – 4:20 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
Moonrise7:25 AM
Moonset6:18 PM
Harshana until 8:35 AM
Kimstughna
Somavara
Your observances
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