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Monday, 20 August 2001
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 12:45 AM, Aug 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:43 PM
Avoid
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Fri, 24 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sun, 26 Aug
- Parivartini Ekadashi in 9 days Wed, 29 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
11:06 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM – 5:08 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:58 AM
Moonset7:53 PM
Shiva until 4:58 PM
Balava
Somavara
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