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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 â 5:10 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:48 PM
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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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 â 5:10 PM
9:11 AM â 10:47 AM
12:23 PM â 1:59 PM
8:32 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:04 PM â 6:46 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
Moonrise5:05 PM
Moonset3:03 AM
Ayushman until 7:41 AM
Balava
Mangalavara
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