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Sunday, 20 August 1978
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 9:32 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:44 PM
Avoid
5:15 PM – 6:52 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Wed, 23 Aug
- Kalashtami in 5 days Fri, 25 Aug
- Aja Ekadashi in 9 days Tue, 29 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:15 PM – 6:52 PM
12:24 PM – 2:01 PM
3:38 PM – 5:15 PM
1:41 PM – 3:25 PM, 5:08 PM – 6:52 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
Moonrise8:19 PM
Moonset7:42 AM
Sukarma until 2:01 PM
Gara
Ravivara
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