Saturday, January 15, 2000
Vikrama Samvat	2056	Magha	2
Shaka Samvat	1921	Pausha	25
Hijri	1420	Shawal	8
Pausha Shuklapaksha Navami up to 4.36 a.m. (Jan 16) The ninth lunar day of the bright half of Pausha Ashwini Nakshatra up to 6.32 p.m. Mercury enters Capricorn 10.10 a.m. Pongal (South India) Sankranti celebrations — forenoon.