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Tuesday, 21 July 1987
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 5:08 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:40 AM
Sunset7:14 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:42 AM, Jul 22
Avoid
3:51 PM â 5:32 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:54 PM
Kamika 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
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Thu, 23 Jul
- Amavasya in 4 days Sat, 25 Jul
- Chandra Darshan in 6 days Mon, 27 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:51 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, 5:26 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
Moonrise1:42 AM
Moonset3:48 PM
Vriddhi until 3:32 AM, Jul 22
Balava
Mangalavara
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