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Monday, 30 August 2004
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 7:52 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:02 AM
Sunset6:40 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:29 PM
Avoid
7:36 AM – 9:11 AM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:46 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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Sawan Somwar Vrat
The Mondays of Shravana, kept for Shiva. Water or milk is offered on the linga, many keep a fast through the day, and the temples fill — the Kanwar pilgrimage to fetch Ganga water belongs to this month.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Thu, 2 Sep
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sat, 4 Sep
- Kalashtami in 8 days Tue, 7 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:36 AM – 9:11 AM
10:46 AM – 12:21 PM
1:56 PM – 3:31 PM
11:05 AM – 12:46 PM, 3:18 PM – 4:59 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
Moonrise6:58 PM
Moonset5:57 AM
Sukarma until 7:03 PM
Bava
Somavara
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