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Tuesday, 25 August 2026
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 6:21 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:46 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:51 PM
Avoid
3:34 PM – 5:10 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:48 PM
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
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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.
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Purnima in 2 days Thu, 27 Aug
- Raksha Bandhan in 3 days Fri, 28 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Mon, 31 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:34 PM – 5:10 PM
9:11 AM – 10:47 AM
12:23 PM – 1:59 PM
8:32 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:04 PM – 6:46 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
Moonrise5:05 PM
Moonset3:03 AM
Ayushman until 7:41 AM
Balava
Mangalavara
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