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Thursday, 26 August 1943

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 4:22 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:59 AM

Sunset7:46 PM

Nakshatra until 1:54 PM

Avoid 2:58 PM – 4:34 PM

Auspicious 12:57 PM – 1:48 PM

Aja EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

2:58 PM – 4:34 PM

6:59 AM – 8:35 AM

10:11 AM – 11:47 AM

1:48 PM – 3:30 PM, 6:04 PM – 7:46 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:47 AM

Moonset5:02 PM

Siddhi until 9:47 PM

Balava

Guruvara

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