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Good morning â Thursday, 27 August 2026
What matters today
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:09 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:15 AM, Aug 28
Avoid
1:58 PM â 3:33 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:48 PM
Observed elsewhere today
not in your region- Gamha Purnima (Jhulana Purnima) Kept in Odisha (Odia)
- Third Onam (Avittam) Kept in Kerala (Malayalam)
- Avani Avittam Kept in Tamil Nadu (Tamil)
Coming up
- Raksha Bandhan tomorrow Fri, 28 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Mon, 31 Aug
- Kalashtami in 8 days Fri, 4 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:58 PM â 3:33 PM
6:00 AM â 7:36 AM
9:11 AM â 10:47 AM
12:48 PM â 2:29 PM, 5:02 PM â 6:44 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:21 PM
Moonset4:55 AM
Shobhana until 7:55 AM
Vanija
Guruvara
Your observances
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