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Sunday, 16 August 1953
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 11:19 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:26 AM, Aug 17
Avoid
5:18 PM – 6:56 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 PM
Coming up
- Sawan Somwar Vrat tomorrow Mon, 17 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Tue, 18 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat in 2 days Tue, 18 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:18 PM – 6:56 PM
12:25 PM – 2:02 PM
3:40 PM – 5:18 PM
1:43 PM – 3:27 PM, 5:11 PM – 6:56 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:24 AM
Moonset10:41 PM
Shukla until 2:32 AM, Aug 17
Taitila
Ravivara
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