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Saturday, 18 August 2012
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 8:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:53 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:02 PM
Avoid
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Sun, 19 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Thu, 23 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sat, 25 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
2:01 PM – 3:39 PM
5:56 AM – 7:33 AM
8:31 AM – 10:15 AM
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
Moonrise6:17 AM
Moonset7:28 PM
Parigha until 3:49 PM
Kimstughna
Shanivara
Your observances
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