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Tuesday, 11 August 2026
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 1:53 AM, Aug 12
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:52 AM
Sunset7:00 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:09 AM
Avoid
3:43 PM – 5:21 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:52 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 →
Mangala Gauri Vrat
The Tuesdays of Shravana, kept by married women — in most families for the first five years of marriage — for the husband's long life and the household's wellbeing. The puja is done in a group where possible, and the katha is recited.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Wed, 12 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Fri, 14 Aug
- Hariyali Teej in 4 days Sat, 15 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:43 PM – 5:21 PM
9:09 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:04 PM
8:29 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:15 PM – 7:00 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
Moonrise3:56 AM
Moonset6:04 PM
Siddhi until 6:51 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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