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Thursday, 16 July 2026
What matters on this day
Ashadha Shukla Paksha until 8:53 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:37 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:52 PM
Avoid
2:09 PM – 3:51 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:54 PM
Karka Sankranti (Dakshinayana Begins)
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sun, 19 Jul
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Tue, 21 Jul
- Devshayani Ekadashi in 9 days Sat, 25 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:09 PM – 3:51 PM
5:37 AM – 7:20 AM
9:02 AM – 10:44 AM
12:54 PM – 2:43 PM, 5:27 PM – 7:16 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
Moonrise7:26 AM
Moonset9:01 PM
Siddhi until 1:22 AM, Jul 17
Kaulava
Guruvara
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