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Monday, 31 July 2006
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 11:21 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:45 AM
Sunset7:08 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:05 PM
Avoid
7:26 AM â 9:06 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:54 PM
Shukla ShashtiShashti
The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 1 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Wed, 2 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sat, 5 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:26 AM â 9:06 AM
10:47 AM â 12:27 PM
2:07 PM â 3:48 PM
11:07 AM â 12:54 PM, 3:34 PM â 5:21 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise10:50 AM
Moonset10:41 PM
Siddha until 9:43 PM
Kaulava
Somavara
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