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Friday, 8 August 1997
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:54 AM, Aug 09
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:36 AM, Aug 09
Avoid
10:47 AM – 12:26 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:53 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Sat, 9 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Mon, 11 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 3 days Mon, 11 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:47 AM – 12:26 PM
3:44 PM – 5:23 PM
7:29 AM – 9:08 AM
11:07 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:31 PM – 5:17 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
Moonrise9:52 AM
Moonset9:52 PM
Siddha until 4:35 PM
Bava
Shukravara
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