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Tuesday, 4 August 1998
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:54 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset7:06 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:14 AM
Avoid
3:46 PM â 5:26 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:53 PM
Shravana Putrada 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 tomorrow Wed, 5 Aug
- Purnima in 4 days Sat, 8 Aug
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Tue, 11 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:46 PM â 5:26 PM
9:07 AM â 10:47 AM
12:27 PM â 2:06 PM
8:27 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:19 PM â 7:06 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
Moonrise4:09 PM
Moonset1:50 AM
Indra until 9:12 AM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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