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Thursday, 8 October 2026
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha until 10:16 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:20 PM
Avoid
1:35 PM â 3:02 PM
Auspicious
11:45 AM â 12:31 PM
Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Pradosh VratPradosh
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
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Sat, 10 Oct
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 2 days Sat, 10 Oct
- Sharada Navaratri in 3 days Sun, 11 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:35 PM â 3:02 PM
6:21 AM â 7:48 AM
9:15 AM â 10:41 AM
12:31 PM â 2:04 PM, 4:23 PM â 5:55 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
Moonrise3:48 AM
Moonset4:39 PM
Shukla until 12:58 AM, Oct 09
Gara
Guruvara
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