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Tuesday, 31 August 1976
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 10:02 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:02 AM
Sunset6:40 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:38 PM
Avoid
3:30 PM – 5:05 PM
Auspicious
11:55 AM – 12:46 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Wed, 1 Sep
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 4 Sep
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 5 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:30 PM – 5:05 PM
9:11 AM – 10:46 AM
12:21 PM – 1:55 PM
8:33 AM – 10:14 AM, 4:59 PM – 6:40 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
Moonrise12:04 PM
Moonset10:56 PM
Indra until 10:50 AM
Gara
Mangalavara
Your observances
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