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Tuesday, 21 July 1981
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 9:06 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:40 AM
Sunset7:14 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:51 AM, Jul 22
Avoid
3:50 PM â 5:32 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:54 PM
Angarki Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti
The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Thu, 23 Jul
- Kalashtami in 3 days Fri, 24 Jul
- Kamika Ekadashi in 6 days Mon, 27 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:50 PM â 5:32 PM
9:03 AM â 10:45 AM
12:27 PM â 2:09 PM
8:23 AM â 10:11 AM, 5:25 PM â 7:14 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
Moonrise10:05 PM
Moonset9:24 AM
Shobhana until 12:24 AM, Jul 22
Balava
Mangalavara
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