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Sunday, 20 August 1944
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 7:43 AM, Aug 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:56 AM
Sunset7:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:27 AM, Aug 21
Avoid
6:15 PM – 7:51 PM
Auspicious
12:58 PM – 1:50 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Fri, 25 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sun, 27 Aug
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 10 days Wed, 30 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
6:15 PM – 7:51 PM
1:24 PM – 3:01 PM
4:38 PM – 6:15 PM
2:41 PM – 4:25 PM, 6:08 PM – 7:51 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:57 AM
Moonset8:47 PM
Shiva until 6:50 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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