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Saturday, 9 August 2025

What matters on this day

Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:25 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:51 AM

Sunset7:01 PM

Nakshatra until 2:23 PM

Avoid 9:08 AM – 10:47 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Raksha Bandhan A sister ties a thread on her brother's wrist; he undertakes her protection. On the same Purnima, brahmins of several regions perform the annual Upakarma — the changing of the sacred thread. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:08 AM – 10:47 AM

2:05 PM – 3:44 PM

5:51 AM – 7:29 AM

8:29 AM – 10:14 AM

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

Moonrise7:11 PM

Moonset5:31 AM

Saubhagya until 2:15 AM, Aug 10

Bava

Shanivara

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