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Tuesday, 17 August 1999
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 4:10 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:34 AM, Aug 18
Avoid
3:40 PM â 5:17 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:51 PM
Shukla ShashtiShashti
The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 19 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 22 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 23 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:40 PM â 5:17 PM
9:10 AM â 10:47 AM
12:25 PM â 2:02 PM
8:31 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:11 PM â 6:55 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
Moonrise11:14 AM
Moonset10:33 PM
Shukla until 5:58 AM, Aug 18
Taitila
Mangalavara
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