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Monday, 27 August 1928
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:03 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:35 PM
Avoid
7:35 AM â 9:11 AM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:47 PM
Shravana Putrada EkadashiEkadashi
The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh tomorrow Tue, 28 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 28 Aug
- Purnima in 4 days Fri, 31 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:35 AM â 9:11 AM
10:46 AM â 12:22 PM
1:58 PM â 3:33 PM
11:06 AM â 12:47 PM, 3:20 PM â 5:02 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:14 PM
Moonset2:00 AM
Ayushman until 8:38 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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