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Thursday, 23 August 1979
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 1:17 AM, Aug 24
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:45 PM
Avoid
2:00 PM – 3:36 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:49 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Fri, 24 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Wed, 29 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 8 days Fri, 31 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:00 PM – 3:36 PM
5:58 AM – 7:34 AM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:49 PM – 2:32 PM, 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
Moonrise6:13 AM
Moonset7:16 PM
Shiva until 4:24 AM, Aug 24
Kimstughna
Guruvara
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