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Thursday, 16 August 1945
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 8:01 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:54 AM
Sunset7:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:16 PM
Avoid
3:02 PM – 4:40 PM
Auspicious
12:59 PM – 1:51 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
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- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 19 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 4 days Mon, 20 Aug
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 21 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:02 PM – 4:40 PM
6:54 AM – 8:32 AM
10:09 AM – 11:47 AM
1:51 PM – 3:35 PM, 6:11 PM – 7:56 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:04 PM
Moonset12:14 AM
Brahma until 2:19 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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