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Tuesday, 14 August 1945
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 3:21 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:53 AM
Sunset7:57 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:25 AM
Avoid
4:41 PM â 6:19 PM
Auspicious
12:59 PM â 1:51 PM
Shukla ShashtiShashti
The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 16 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 19 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 20 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:41 PM â 6:19 PM
10:09 AM â 11:47 AM
1:25 PM â 3:03 PM
9:30 AM â 11:14 AM, 6:13 PM â 7:57 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
Moonrise12:16 PM
Moonset11:38 PM
Shubha until 12:30 PM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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