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Tuesday, 28 August 2007
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 4:05 PM
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Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:08 AM
Avoid
3:33 PM – 5:08 PM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:47 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
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sun, 2 Sep
- Kalashtami in 7 days Tue, 4 Sep
- Aja Ekadashi in 10 days Fri, 7 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:33 PM – 5:08 PM
9:11 AM – 10:46 AM
12:22 PM – 1:57 PM
8:33 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:02 PM – 6:43 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
Moonrise6:48 PM
Moonset5:33 AM
Atiganda until 1:35 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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