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Thursday, 28 August 1947
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 4:21 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:05 AM, Aug 29
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:33 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:47 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 3 days Sun, 31 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Thu, 4 Sep
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Sat, 6 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:33 PM
6:00 AM – 7:35 AM
9:11 AM – 10:46 AM
12:47 PM – 2:29 PM, 5:02 PM – 6:44 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:47 PM
Moonset2:43 AM
Saubhagya until 5:23 AM, Aug 29
Balava
Guruvara
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