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Good evening — Saturday, 19 September 2026
What matters today
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 3:27 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:11 AM
Sunset6:17 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:43 AM, Sep 20
Avoid
9:13 AM – 10:44 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
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 Tue, 22 Sep
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Thu, 24 Sep
- Anant Chaturdashi in 6 days Fri, 25 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
9:13 AM – 10:44 AM
1:45 PM – 3:16 PM
6:11 AM – 7:42 AM
8:36 AM – 10:13 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
Moonrise1:29 PM
MoonsetN/A
Ayushman until 2:29 PM
Bava
Shanivara
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