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Thursday, 12 August 2021
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 3:25 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:52 AM
Sunset6:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:52 AM
Avoid
2:04 PM – 3:42 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:52 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Sat, 14 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Mon, 16 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 4 days Mon, 16 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:04 PM – 3:42 PM
5:52 AM – 7:31 AM
9:09 AM – 10:47 AM
12:52 PM – 2:37 PM, 5:14 PM – 6:59 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
Moonrise9:17 AM
Moonset9:27 PM
Siddha until 4:11 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
Your observances
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