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Tuesday, 15 August 2000
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:42 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:13 AM, Aug 16
Avoid
3:40 PM â 5:18 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:51 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
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 19 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Mon, 21 Aug
- Kalashtami in 8 days Wed, 23 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:40 PM â 5:18 PM
9:09 AM â 10:47 AM
12:25 PM â 2:03 PM
8:30 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:12 PM â 6:56 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
Moonrise7:08 PM
Moonset5:43 AM
Shobhana until 3:14 AM, Aug 16
Bava
Mangalavara
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