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Thursday, 6 August 1959
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 7:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset7:05 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:56 PM
Avoid
2:06 PM – 3:45 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:53 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 10 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 4 days Mon, 10 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat in 5 days Tue, 11 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:06 PM – 3:45 PM
5:48 AM – 7:28 AM
9:07 AM – 10:47 AM
12:53 PM – 2:39 PM, 5:18 PM – 7:05 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:11 AM
Moonset8:21 PM
Variyan until 12:20 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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