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Thursday, 24 August 2028
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 11:10 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:47 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:15 PM
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:35 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM – 12:48 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Fri, 25 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Sun, 27 Aug
- Radha Ashtami in 3 days Sun, 27 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:35 PM
5:59 AM – 7:35 AM
9:11 AM – 10:47 AM
12:48 PM – 2:31 PM, 5:04 PM – 6:47 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
Moonrise9:59 AM
Moonset9:37 PM
Shubha until 9:13 AM
Bava
Guruvara
Your observances
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