Times below are calculated for New Delhi because you
haven't told us where you are yet. Sunrise, moonrise and every muhurta window
move with location — often by more than an hour.
Set your location and tradition →
● Back to today · August 2016 calendar
Friday, 26 August 2016
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 6:13 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:51 AM
Avoid
10:47 AM – 12:22 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Aja Ekadashi in 2 days Sun, 28 Aug
- Som Pradosh in 3 days Mon, 29 Aug
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 6 days Thu, 1 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:47 AM – 12:22 PM
3:33 PM – 5:09 PM
7:35 AM – 9:11 AM
11:06 AM – 12:48 PM, 3:21 PM – 5:03 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
MoonriseN/A
Moonset2:08 PM
Harshana until 5:19 PM
Taitila
Shukravara
Your observances
Nothing saved yet. Saved vrats and family dates arrive with accounts in the next phase; for now the vrat calendar lists every recurring observance with its upcoming dates, and every festival page has a calendar subscription link.