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Friday, 21 August 2026
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 11:36 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:53 AM
Avoid
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:49 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
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 2 days Sun, 23 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 3 days Mon, 24 Aug
- Bhauma Pradosh in 4 days Tue, 25 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
3:37 PM – 5:14 PM
7:34 AM – 9:10 AM
11:06 AM – 12:49 PM, 3:24 PM – 5:07 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
Moonrise1:55 PM
MoonsetN/A
Vaidhriti until 5:18 AM, Aug 22
Balava
Shukravara
Your observances
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