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Saturday, 21 August 2027

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 8:05 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:57 AM

Sunset6:51 PM

Nakshatra until 9:39 AM

Avoid 9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

2:00 PM – 3:37 PM

5:57 AM – 7:34 AM

8:32 AM – 10:15 AM

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

Moonrise9:09 PM

Moonset9:12 AM

Shula until 2:54 AM, Aug 22

Bava

Shanivara

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