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Thursday, 29 August 1996
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 7:59 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:01 AM
Sunset6:42 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:23 PM
Avoid
1:56 PM – 3:31 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:47 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Sun, 1 Sep
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Tue, 3 Sep
- Kalashtami in 7 days Thu, 5 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:56 PM – 3:31 PM
6:01 AM – 7:36 AM
9:11 AM – 10:46 AM
12:47 PM – 2:28 PM, 5:00 PM – 6:42 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
Moonrise7:15 PM
Moonset6:20 AM
Sukarma until 1:48 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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