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Tuesday, 21 August 1945
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:27 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:57 AM
Sunset7:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:29 PM
Avoid
4:37 PM â 6:14 PM
Auspicious
12:58 PM â 1:49 PM
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Thu, 23 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 28 Aug
- Kalashtami in 9 days Thu, 30 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:37 PM â 6:14 PM
10:10 AM â 11:47 AM
1:24 PM â 3:00 PM
9:31 AM â 11:15 AM, 6:08 PM â 7:51 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
Moonrise6:25 PM
Moonset4:20 AM
Ayushman until 12:10 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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