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Tuesday, 20 August 1929
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 3:12 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:22 PM
Avoid
3:38 PM â 5:15 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:50 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 24 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Mon, 26 Aug
- Kalashtami in 8 days Wed, 28 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:38 PM â 5:15 PM
9:10 AM â 10:47 AM
12:24 PM â 2:01 PM
8:31 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:08 PM â 6:52 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
Moonrise6:57 PM
Moonset5:35 AM
Shobhana until 12:48 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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