On Friday Jan 30, 09 we are presented with a nice opportunity to catch Venus in broad day light.
On this day the Moon and Venus would be rising almost together. At about 10:00 a.m. if the sky is clear it should not be difficult to see the brightening lunar crescent well above the eastern horizon. Venus would be about two and quarter degrees south of the Moon. If one uses a small pair of binoculars one should be able to see these in the same field of view.
The best opportunity, however, comes when they will be crossing the meridian, an imaginary arc that passes through the north pole, the point right overhead and then the south pole. Close to the time is crosses the meridian (called transit time) time face due south and look strait up and then bend your neck down slightly southwards. You should be able to spot the Moon and then continue further down a bit and you can spot Venus.
Venus Rise, Transit and set times (in IST) for some cities in India are
rise transit set
Chennai 9h 01m 15h 12m 21h 26m
Bangalore 9h 25m 15h 27m 21h 28m
Jaipur 9h 32m 15h 34m 21h 36m
Kolkata 8h 42m 14h 44m 20h 46m
Mumbai 9h 44m 15h 46m 21h 47m
New Delhi 9h 26m 15h 28m 21h 30m
Pune 9h 39m 15h 41m 21h 43m
If you missed the event, never mind. Wait till it gets dark. It would be a magnificent view of the Moon and Venus next to each other above the western horizon.