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Saturday, 15 August 2071

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 11:52 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:54 AM

Sunset6:56 PM

Nakshatra until 1:41 PM

Avoid 9:09 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

9:09 AM – 10:47 AM

2:03 PM – 3:41 PM

5:54 AM – 7:32 AM

8:30 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

Moonrise9:28 PM

Moonset9:28 AM

Dhriti until 5:36 PM

Balava

Shanivara

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