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Monday, 8 August 1988
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 11:21 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:04 PM
Avoid
7:29 AM â 9:08 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:52 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
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh tomorrow Tue, 9 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 9 Aug
- Amavasya in 4 days Fri, 12 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:29 AM â 9:08 AM
10:47 AM â 12:26 PM
2:05 PM â 3:44 PM
11:07 AM â 12:52 PM, 3:31 PM â 5:17 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
Moonrise1:49 AM
Moonset4:09 PM
Vyaghata until 5:55 AM
Balava
Somavara
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