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Friday, 19 August 2022
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 10:59 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:53 AM, Aug 20
Avoid
10:47 AM â 12:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:50 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Krishna Janmashtami
The birth of Krishna at midnight in the prison at Mathura. Kept with a fast through the day, worship at midnight, and in the west of India the dahi-handi the following day.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Aja Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 22 Aug
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 24 Aug
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 8 days Sat, 27 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:47 AM â 12:24 PM
3:38 PM â 5:15 PM
7:33 AM â 9:10 AM
11:06 AM â 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM â 5:09 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:45 PM
Moonset12:57 PM
Dhruva until 8:58 PM
Balava
Shukravara
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