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Tuesday, 21 August 1979
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 8:07 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:34 AM
Avoid
3:37 PM – 5:14 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mahalaya Amavasya tomorrow Wed, 22 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Fri, 24 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 8 days Wed, 29 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:37 PM – 5:14 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:24 PM – 2:01 PM
8:31 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:08 PM – 6:51 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:27 AM
Moonset6:10 PM
Variyan until 2:13 AM, Aug 22
Vishti
Mangalavara
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