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Tuesday, 6 August 2002
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 6:51 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:49 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:14 PM
Avoid
3:45 PM – 5:25 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:53 PM
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Mangala Gauri Vrat
The Tuesdays of Shravana, kept by married women — in most families for the first five years of marriage — for the husband's long life and the household's wellbeing. The puja is done in a group where possible, and the katha is recited.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Thu, 8 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Sat, 10 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 12 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:45 PM – 5:25 PM
9:08 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:06 PM
8:28 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:18 PM – 7:04 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:52 AM
Moonset5:12 PM
Harshana until 12:46 PM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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