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Monday, 16 July 2012
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 6:00 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:24 AM, Jul 17
Avoid
7:20 AM â 9:02 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:54 PM
Som PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 17 Jul
- Amavasya in 3 days Thu, 19 Jul
- Chandra Darshan in 4 days Fri, 20 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:20 AM â 9:02 AM
10:44 AM â 12:27 PM
2:09 PM â 3:51 PM
11:05 AM â 12:54 PM, 3:38 PM â 5:27 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
Moonrise2:52 AM
Moonset5:08 PM
Vriddhi until 11:28 AM
Taitila
Somavara
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