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Monday, 18 August 1997
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 4:25 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:53 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:17 AM, Aug 19
Avoid
7:33 AM â 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:50 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Thu, 21 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sat, 23 Aug
- Kalashtami in 7 days Mon, 25 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:33 AM â 9:10 AM
10:47 AM â 12:24 PM
2:02 PM â 3:39 PM
11:07 AM â 12:50 PM, 3:26 PM â 5:10 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
Moonrise6:58 PM
Moonset5:25 AM
Shobhana until 9:16 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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