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Tuesday, 24 August 2010
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 10:34 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:47 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:03 PM
Avoid
3:35 PM â 5:11 PM
Auspicious
11:57 AM â 12:49 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Sat, 28 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 31 Aug
- Kalashtami in 9 days Thu, 2 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:35 PM â 5:11 PM
9:11 AM â 10:47 AM
12:23 PM â 1:59 PM
8:32 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:05 PM â 6:47 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
Moonrise6:42 PM
Moonset5:22 AM
Shobhana until 7:16 AM
Vishti
Mangalavara
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