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Monday, 26 August 2024
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 2:20 AM, Aug 27
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:55 PM
Avoid
7:35 AM â 9:11 AM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:48 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 Thu, 29 Aug
- Shani Pradosh in 5 days Sat, 31 Aug
- Masik Shivaratri in 6 days Sun, 1 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:35 AM â 9:11 AM
10:47 AM â 12:22 PM
1:58 PM â 3:33 PM
11:06 AM â 12:48 PM, 3:21 PM â 5:03 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
Moonrise11:36 PM
Moonset12:49 PM
Vyaghata until 10:16 PM
Balava
Somavara
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