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Monday, 19 August 1996
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 9:32 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:14 AM, Aug 20
Avoid
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Tue, 20 Aug
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 20 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 3 days Thu, 22 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
11:06 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM – 5:09 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise10:05 AM
Moonset9:45 PM
Shubha until 10:16 PM
Bava
Somavara
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