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Monday, 23 July 1956
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 5:20 AM, Jul 24
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:41 AM
Sunset7:13 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:33 AM
Avoid
7:22 AM – 9:04 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:54 PM
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 24 Jul
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Fri, 27 Jul
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Sun, 29 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:22 AM – 9:04 AM
10:45 AM – 12:27 PM
2:08 PM – 3:50 PM
11:06 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:36 PM – 5:25 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:40 PM
Moonset5:47 AM
Priti until 3:36 AM, Jul 24
Balava
Somavara
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