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Wednesday, 8 September 2027
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 12:44 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:06 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:17 PM
Avoid
12:18 PM – 1:51 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
The monthly Ashtami observances. Masik Durgashtami in the bright fortnight is the household's monthly Durga observance and the monthly echo of Maha Ashtami in Navaratri. Kalashtami in the dark fortnight belongs to Bhairava and is kept in the night.
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Radha Ashtami
Especially observed in the Braj country and among Vaishnavas.
Radha's appearance day, kept most intensely in the Braj country — Barsana, Vrindavan and Mathura — and in Vaishnava households and temples elsewhere. Temples hold abhishekam and shringar through the day, and Barsana's Ladli ji temple is the reference observance.
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Coming up
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 3 days Sat, 11 Sep
- Som Pradosh in 5 days Mon, 13 Sep
- Ganesh Visarjan in 6 days Tue, 14 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:18 PM – 1:51 PM
7:39 AM – 9:12 AM
10:45 AM – 12:18 PM
1:33 PM – 3:12 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
Moonrise1:30 PM
MoonsetN/A
Priti until 3:55 AM, Sep 09
Bava
Budhavara
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