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Sunday, 12 July 2026
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Krishna Paksha until 10:30 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:35 AM
Sunset7:17 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:29 AM
Avoid
5:34 PM â 7:17 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:54 PM
Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Pradosh VratPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Bhaumvati Amavasya in 2 days Tue, 14 Jul
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Wed, 15 Jul
- Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins) in 4 days Thu, 16 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:34 PM â 7:17 PM
12:26 PM â 2:09 PM
3:52 PM â 5:34 PM
1:48 PM â 3:38 PM, 5:27 PM â 7:17 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
Moonrise3:00 AM
Moonset5:24 PM
Vriddhi until 8:06 PM
Gara
Ravivara
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