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Wednesday, 21 August 1996
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:32 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:13 AM, Aug 22
Avoid
12:24 PM – 2:00 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami tomorrow Thu, 22 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 4 days Sun, 25 Aug
- Som Pradosh in 5 days Mon, 26 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:24 PM – 2:00 PM
7:34 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
1:41 PM – 3:24 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
Moonrise12:00 PM
Moonset11:02 PM
Brahma until 8:14 PM
Gara
Budhavara
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