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Thursday, 20 August 1998
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 6:44 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:57 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
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 2 days Sat, 22 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sun, 23 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 8 days Fri, 28 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
Moonrise3:57 AM
Moonset5:52 PM
Vyatipata until 2:46 PM
Vanija
Guruvara
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