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Monday, 17 August 2026
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 5:00 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:58 AM, Aug 18
Avoid
7:32 AM â 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:51 PM
Nag Panchami
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Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Tue, 18 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 18 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Thu, 20 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:32 AM â 9:10 AM
10:47 AM â 12:25 PM
2:02 PM â 3:39 PM
11:07 AM â 12:51 PM, 3:27 PM â 5:10 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
Moonrise10:14 AM
Moonset9:54 PM
Shubha until 3:29 AM, Aug 18
Balava
Somavara
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