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Tuesday, 20 August 2002
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:40 AM, Aug 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:10 AM, Aug 21
Avoid
3:38 PM – 5:15 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 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
- Purnima in 2 days Thu, 22 Aug
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Tue, 27 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Thu, 29 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:38 PM – 5:15 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:24 PM – 2:01 PM
8:31 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:08 PM – 6:52 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
Moonrise5:18 PM
Moonset3:12 AM
Ayushman until 7:31 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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