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Tuesday, 17 August 1976
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 4:30 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:38 PM
Avoid
3:39 PM – 5:17 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Kalashtami tomorrow Wed, 18 Aug
- Aja Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 21 Aug
- Som Pradosh in 6 days Mon, 23 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:39 PM – 5:17 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:24 PM – 2:02 PM
8:31 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:10 PM – 6:54 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
Moonrise11:12 PM
Moonset12:12 PM
Vriddhi until 5:18 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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