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Friday, 18 August 2023
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 8:02 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:57 PM
Avoid
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 3 days Mon, 21 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Tue, 22 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat in 4 days Tue, 22 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
3:39 PM – 5:16 PM
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
11:07 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:26 PM – 5:10 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
Moonrise7:19 AM
Moonset8:04 PM
Shiva until 8:27 PM
Balava
Shukravara
Your observances
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