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Tuesday, 12 August 2003
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:18 AM
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Sunrise5:52 AM
Sunset6:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:01 AM
Avoid
3:42 PM – 5:21 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:52 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
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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.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 16 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Mon, 18 Aug
- Kalashtami in 8 days Wed, 20 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:42 PM – 5:21 PM
9:09 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:04 PM
8:29 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:14 PM – 6:59 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
Moonrise7:14 PM
Moonset5:40 AM
Saubhagya until 3:12 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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