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Tuesday, 16 August 2005
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:39 PM
Avoid
3:40 PM – 5:18 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 PM
Shravana Putrada EkadashiEkadashi
The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and 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.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat tomorrow Wed, 17 Aug
- Purnima in 3 days Fri, 19 Aug
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Tue, 23 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:40 PM – 5:18 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:25 PM – 2:02 PM
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:11 PM – 6:55 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
Moonrise4:05 PM
Moonset1:41 AM
Vishkumbha until 5:03 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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