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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 – 5:23 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 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 →
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, 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 – 5:23 PM
9:08 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:05 PM
8:29 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:16 PM – 7:02 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
Moonrise3:40 PM
Moonset1:20 AM
Vaidhriti until 4:01 AM, Aug 10
Vanija
Mangalavara
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