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Thursday, 20 August 2026
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:18 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:08 AM
Avoid
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 23 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 4 days Mon, 24 Aug
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 25 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
5:56 AM – 7:33 AM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:50 PM – 2:33 PM, 5:08 PM – 6:51 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:01 PM
Moonset11:47 PM
Indra until 4:25 AM, Aug 21
Vishti
Guruvara
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