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Friday, 28 August 2026

What matters on this day

Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:48 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:00 AM

Sunset6:43 PM

Nakshatra until 3:13 AM, Aug 29

Avoid 10:46 AM – 12:22 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:47 PM

Raksha Bandhan A sister ties a thread on her brother's wrist; he undertakes her protection. On the same Purnima, brahmins of several regions perform the annual Upakarma — the changing of the sacred thread. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

10:46 AM – 12:22 PM

3:32 PM – 5:08 PM

7:36 AM – 9:11 AM

11:06 AM – 12:47 PM, 3:20 PM – 5:01 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

Moonrise6:56 PM

Moonset5:52 AM

Atiganda until 7:27 AM

Bava

Shukravara

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