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Monday, 17 August 2009
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 1:49 AM, Aug 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:55 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:37 PM
Avoid
7:32 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Bhauma Pradosh tomorrow Tue, 18 Aug
- Mahalaya Amavasya in 3 days Thu, 20 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Fri, 21 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:32 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:25 PM
2:02 PM – 3:39 PM
11:07 AM – 12:51 PM, 3:26 PM – 5:10 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
Moonrise2:04 AM
Moonset4:28 PM
Vajra until 4:31 PM
Kaulava
Somavara
Your observances
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