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Thursday, 16 August 1979
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 12:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:42 PM
Avoid
2:03 PM – 3:40 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 PM
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- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Sun, 19 Aug
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 6 days Wed, 22 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:03 PM – 3:40 PM
5:54 AM – 7:32 AM
9:09 AM – 10:47 AM
12:51 PM – 2:35 PM, 5:12 PM – 6:56 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
Moonrise12:07 AM
Moonset2:17 PM
Vyaghata until 12:13 AM, Aug 17
Gara
Guruvara
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