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Monday, 24 August 1953
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:50 AM, Aug 25
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:48 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:30 PM
Avoid
7:34 AM â 9:11 AM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:49 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Fri, 28 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Sun, 30 Aug
- Kalashtami in 7 days Mon, 31 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:34 AM â 9:11 AM
10:47 AM â 12:23 PM
1:59 PM â 3:35 PM
11:06 AM â 12:49 PM, 3:22 PM â 5:05 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
Moonrise6:35 PM
Moonset5:02 AM
Shobhana until 11:25 AM
Vishti
Somavara
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