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Tuesday, 31 August 1948

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 7:05 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:02 AM

Sunset6:40 PM

Nakshatra until 6:27 PM

Avoid 3:30 PM – 5:05 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:46 PM

Aja EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:30 PM – 5:05 PM

9:11 AM – 10:46 AM

12:21 PM – 1:56 PM

8:33 AM – 10:14 AM, 4:59 PM – 6:40 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise2:05 AM

Moonset4:20 PM

Vyatipata until 4:06 PM

Balava

Mangalavara

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