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â Back to today ¡ August 1996 calendar
Monday, 26 August 1996
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:14 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:45 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:45 PM
Avoid
7:35 AM â 9:11 AM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:48 PM
Som PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 27 Aug
- Purnima in 2 days Wed, 28 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Sun, 1 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:35 AM â 9:11 AM
10:47 AM â 12:22 PM
1:58 PM â 3:34 PM
11:06 AM â 12:48 PM, 3:21 PM â 5:03 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
Moonrise5:01 PM
Moonset2:51 AM
Saubhagya until 1:58 AM, Aug 27
Balava
Somavara
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