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Thursday, 17 August 1944
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 12:46 AM, Aug 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:55 AM
Sunset7:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:55 PM
Avoid
3:02 PM – 4:39 PM
Auspicious
12:58 PM – 1:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mahalaya Amavasya tomorrow Fri, 18 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sun, 20 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 8 days Fri, 25 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:02 PM – 4:39 PM
6:55 AM – 8:32 AM
10:10 AM – 11:47 AM
1:50 PM – 3:34 PM, 6:10 PM – 7:54 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
Moonrise5:16 AM
Moonset7:07 PM
Vyatipata until 4:24 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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