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Thursday, 7 September 2023
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 4:14 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:05 AM
Sunset6:32 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:24 AM
Avoid
1:52 PM â 3:25 PM
Auspicious
11:54 AM â 12:44 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 Sun, 10 Sep
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 12 Sep
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 7 days Thu, 14 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:52 PM â 3:25 PM
6:05 AM â 7:39 AM
9:12 AM â 10:45 AM
12:44 PM â 2:23 PM, 4:52 PM â 6:32 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
Moonrise11:56 PM
Moonset1:22 PM
Vajra until 10:01 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
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