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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 6:52 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:42 AM
Sunset7:12 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:11 AM
Avoid
3:50 PM – 5:31 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:54 PM
Shukla ShashtiShashti
The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam.
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
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 26 Jul
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 29 Jul
- Som Pradosh in 6 days Mon, 30 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:50 PM – 5:31 PM
9:04 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
Moonrise10:28 AM
Moonset10:39 PM
Shiva until 1:45 AM, Jul 25
Balava
Mangalavara
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