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Tuesday, 9 August 2011
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 12:01 AM, Aug 10
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:50 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:21 PM
Avoid
3:44 PM â 5:23 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:52 PM
Shravana Putrada 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 â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
We publish this date from the calculation engine.
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Thu, 11 Aug
- Purnima in 4 days Sat, 13 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 8 days Wed, 17 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:44 PM â 5:23 PM
9:08 AM â 10:47 AM
12:26 PM â 2:05 PM
8:29 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:16 PM â 7:02 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
Moonrise3:40 PM
Moonset1:20 AM
Vaidhriti until 4:01 AM, Aug 10
Vanija
Mangalavara
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