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Thursday, 20 August 1987
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 8:04 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:25 PM
Avoid
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Fri, 21 Aug
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 4 days Mon, 24 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 6 days Wed, 26 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
5:56 AM – 7:33 AM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:50 PM – 2:33 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
Moonrise2:00 AM
Moonset4:16 PM
Vajra until 12:15 PM
Balava
Guruvara
Your observances
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