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Tuesday, 26 August 1980
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:12 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:59 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:16 AM, Aug 27
Avoid
3:34 PM â 5:09 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:48 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Fri, 29 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sun, 31 Aug
- Kalashtami in 7 days Tue, 2 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:34 PM â 5:09 PM
9:11 AM â 10:47 AM
12:22 PM â 1:58 PM
8:33 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:03 PM â 6:45 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
Moonrise7:02 PM
Moonset5:51 AM
Atiganda until 10:49 AM
Bava
Mangalavara
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