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Monday, 21 August 1972
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:55 AM, Aug 22
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:50 PM
Avoid
7:34 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:49 PM
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh tomorrow Tue, 22 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 22 Aug
- Purnima in 3 days Thu, 24 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:34 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
2:00 PM – 3:37 PM
11:06 AM – 12:49 PM, 3:24 PM – 5:07 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:30 PM
Moonset2:15 AM
Priti until 11:44 AM
Bava
Somavara
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