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Tuesday, 23 August 1949
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 12:26 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:14 PM
Avoid
3:36 PM – 5:12 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:49 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mahalaya Amavasya tomorrow Wed, 24 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Thu, 25 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Mon, 29 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:36 PM – 5:12 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:23 PM – 2:00 PM
8:32 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:06 PM – 6:49 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
Moonrise4:41 AM
Moonset6:22 PM
Variyan until 10:25 AM
Shakuni
Mangalavara
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