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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 3:56 AM, Jul 27
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset7:12 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:52 AM
Avoid
3:49 PM – 5:30 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:54 PM
Kamika 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.
Why today, and how to observe it →
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 in 2 days Thu, 28 Jul
- Amavasya in 4 days Sat, 30 Jul
- Chandra Darshan in 6 days Mon, 1 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:49 PM – 5:30 PM
9:05 AM – 10:46 AM
12:27 PM – 2:08 PM
8:24 AM – 10:12 AM, 5:24 PM – 7:12 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
Moonrise1:19 AM
Moonset3:25 PM
Vriddhi until 8:04 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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