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Tuesday, 22 August 1961
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:34 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:46 PM
Avoid
3:36 PM â 5:13 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:49 PM
Shravana Putrada 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 â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Purnima in 4 days Sat, 26 Aug
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Tue, 29 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Thu, 31 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:36 PM â 5:13 PM
9:10 AM â 10:47 AM
12:23 PM â 2:00 PM
8:32 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:07 PM â 6:50 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
Moonrise3:44 PM
Moonset1:21 AM
Priti until 2:36 AM, Aug 23
Vanija
Mangalavara
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