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Friday, 17 July 2026
What matters on this day
Ashadha Shukla Paksha until 6:28 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:35 PM
Avoid
10:45 AM – 12:27 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:54 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Other traditions are observing something today; see below.
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Sun, 19 Jul
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Tue, 21 Jul
- Devshayani Ekadashi in 8 days Sat, 25 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:45 AM – 12:27 PM
3:51 PM – 5:33 PM
7:20 AM – 9:02 AM
11:05 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:38 PM – 5:27 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
Moonrise8:32 AM
Moonset9:40 PM
Vyatipata until 10:46 PM
Gara
Shukravara
Your observances
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