Bhadra is the Vishti karana — the seventh of the eleven karanas, each of which is half a tithi. It comes round eight times in a lunar month and lasts about half a day, and auspicious work is set aside while it runs. Two days in the year are looked up for it above all others: Raksha Bandhan, where the thread is tied after Bhadra ends, and Holika Dahan, where the fire is lit after it. Traditions differ on when Bhadra obstructs at all — some hold it by the Moon's rashi — so what is listed here is the karana itself, which is what the almanac states.
Avoided for weddings and other new undertakings
- January
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2Jan18:52 → 3 Jan 05:10Friday
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5Jan20:53 → 6 Jan 08:01Monday
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9Jan07:04 → 19:38Friday
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13Jan01:59 → 15:17Tuesday
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16Jan22:21 → 17 Jan 11:15Friday
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22Jan14:40 → 23 Jan 02:27Thursday
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25Jan23:09 → 26 Jan 10:16Sunday
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29Jan03:15 → 13:54Thursday
- February
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1Feb05:52 → 16:42Sunday
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4Feb12:19 → 5 Feb 00:09Wednesday
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8Feb02:53 → 15:53Sunday
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11Feb23:11 → 12 Feb 12:21Wednesday
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15Feb17:04 → 16 Feb 05:23Sunday
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21Feb01:51 → 13:00Saturday
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24Feb07:01 → 17:56Tuesday
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27Feb11:31 → 22:32Friday
- March
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2Mar17:55 → 3 Mar 05:27Monday
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6Mar05:23 → 17:52Friday
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9Mar23:26 → 10 Mar 12:39Monday
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13Mar19:23 → 14 Mar 08:10Friday
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17Mar09:22 → 20:58Tuesday
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22Mar10:36 → 21:16Sunday
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25Mar13:49 → 26 Mar 00:46Wednesday
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28Mar20:12 → 29 Mar 07:45Saturday
- April
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1Apr07:05 → 19:20Wednesday
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4Apr23:01 → 5 Apr 11:59Saturday
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8Apr19:01 → 9 Apr 08:12Wednesday
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12Apr13:02 → 13 Apr 01:16Sunday
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15Apr22:30 → 16 Apr 09:25Wednesday
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20Apr17:49 → 21 Apr 04:14Monday
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23Apr20:48 → 24 Apr 08:00Thursday
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27Apr06:07 → 18:15Monday
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30Apr21:11 → 1 May 09:59Thursday
- May
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4May16:11 → 5 May 05:23Monday
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8May12:21 → 9 May 01:15Friday
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12May03:14 → 14:51Tuesday
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15May08:30 → 18:53Friday
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20May00:38 → 11:06Wednesday
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23May05:03 → 16:39Saturday
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26May17:42 → 27 May 06:21Tuesday
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30May11:57 → 31 May 01:04Saturday
- June
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3Jun08:11 → 21:20Wednesday
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7Jun02:40 → 15:07Sunday
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10Jun13:51 → 11 Jun 00:57Wednesday
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13Jun16:07 → 14 Jun 02:14Saturday
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18Jun08:13 → 18:58Thursday
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21Jun15:20 → 22 Jun 03:24Sunday
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25Jun07:07 → 20:08Thursday
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29Jun03:05 → 16:16Monday
- July
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2Jul22:30 → 3 Jul 11:19Thursday
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6Jul13:46 → 7 Jul 01:40Monday
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9Jul21:30 → 10 Jul 08:15Thursday
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12Jul22:29 → 13 Jul 08:39Sunday
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17Jul17:29 → 18 Jul 04:42Friday
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21Jul04:02 → 16:34Tuesday
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24Jul22:22 → 25 Jul 11:33Friday
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28Jul18:18 → 29 Jul 07:13Tuesday
- August
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1Aug10:52 → 23:06Saturday
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4Aug22:02 → 5 Aug 09:25Tuesday
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8Aug03:19 → 13:58Saturday
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11Aug04:53 → 15:21Tuesday
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16Aug05:04 → 16:52Sunday
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19Aug19:18 → 20 Aug 08:15Wednesday
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23Aug15:10 → 24 Aug 04:18Sunday
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27Aug09:08 → 21:31Thursday
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30Aug21:16 → 31 Aug 08:50Sunday
- September
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3Sept04:25 → 15:26Thursday
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6Sept08:41 → 19:28Sunday
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9Sept12:30 → 23:29Wednesday
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14Sept19:20 → 15 Sept 07:43Monday
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18Sept13:00 → 19 Sept 02:12Friday
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22Sept08:55 → 21:42Tuesday
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25Sept23:06 → 26 Sept 10:46Friday
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29Sept06:12 → 17:09Tuesday
- October
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2Oct10:14 → 21:06Friday
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5Oct14:58 → 6 Oct 02:06Monday
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8Oct22:15 → 9 Oct 09:52Thursday
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14Oct12:16 → 15 Oct 01:12Wednesday
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18Oct08:27 → 21:41Sunday
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22Oct02:35 → 14:47Thursday
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25Oct11:55 → 22:51Sunday
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28Oct14:36 → 29 Oct 01:06Wednesday
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31Oct16:56 → 1 Nov 03:50Saturday
- November
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3Nov23:25 → 4 Nov 11:02Tuesday
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7Nov10:47 → 23:04Saturday
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13Nov07:23 → 20:41Friday
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17Nov04:18 → 17:16Tuesday
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20Nov18:59 → 21 Nov 06:30Friday
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23Nov23:41 → 24 Nov 10:04Monday
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26Nov23:29 → 27 Nov 09:47Thursday
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30Nov01:45 → 12:53Monday
- December
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3Dec10:53 → 23:02Thursday
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7Dec02:21 → 15:14Monday
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13Dec03:27 → 16:46Sunday
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16Dec22:45 → 17 Dec 11:11Wednesday
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20Dec09:17 → 20:13Sunday
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23Dec10:46 → 20:52Wednesday
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26Dec09:41 → 20:04Saturday
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29Dec13:24 → 30 Dec 00:54Tuesday
All times are IST, computed for Ujjain. A tithi or nakshatra turns at the same instant everywhere, so your timezone changes only the clock it reads — but a window bounded by the weekday also follows your own sunrise. The app computes both for your city.