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Sunday, 31 August 1952

What matters on this day

Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 10:36 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:02 AM

Sunset6:40 PM

Nakshatra until 10:02 PM

Avoid 5:05 PM – 6:40 PM

Auspicious 11:56 AM – 12:46 PM

Parivartini 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

5:05 PM – 6:40 PM

12:21 PM – 1:56 PM

3:30 PM – 5:05 PM

1:37 PM – 3:18 PM, 4:59 PM – 6:40 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:44 PM

Moonset1:23 AM

Ayushman until 7:28 PM

Vanija

Ravivara

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