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Thursday, 21 August 2031
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 1:41 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:04 PM
Avoid
2:00 PM – 3:37 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sun, 24 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Tue, 26 Aug
- Shani Pradosh in 9 days Sat, 30 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:00 PM – 3:37 PM
5:57 AM – 7:34 AM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:50 PM – 2:33 PM, 5:07 PM – 6:51 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
Moonrise8:30 AM
Moonset8:44 PM
Siddha until 7:19 AM
Gara
Guruvara
Your observances
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