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Sunday, 16 August 2026
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 4:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:50 AM, Aug 17
Avoid
5:18 PM – 6:55 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 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
- Nag Panchami tomorrow Mon, 17 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat tomorrow Mon, 17 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Tue, 18 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:18 PM – 6:55 PM
12:25 PM – 2:02 PM
3:40 PM – 5:18 PM
1:43 PM – 3:27 PM, 5:11 PM – 6:55 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
Moonrise9:16 AM
Moonset9:20 PM
Sadhya until 4:08 AM, Aug 17
Vishti
Ravivara
Your observances
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