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Tuesday, 6 August 1940
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 4:38 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:49 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:27 PM
Avoid
3:45 PM – 5:25 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:53 PM
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Fri, 9 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 12 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 7 days Tue, 13 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:45 PM – 5:25 PM
9:07 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:06 PM
8:28 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:18 PM – 7:04 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise8:13 AM
Moonset9:00 PM
Parigha until 10:09 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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