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Sunday, 21 August 2011
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 2:25 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:51 AM
Avoid
5:14 PM – 6:51 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 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
- Kalashtami tomorrow Mon, 22 Aug
- Aja Ekadashi in 4 days Thu, 25 Aug
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Fri, 26 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:14 PM – 6:51 PM
12:24 PM – 2:00 PM
3:37 PM – 5:14 PM
1:41 PM – 3:24 PM, 5:08 PM – 6:51 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
Moonrise11:14 PM
Moonset12:18 PM
Dhruva until 5:20 AM, Aug 22
Bava
Ravivara
Your observances
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