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Monday, 30 July 2012
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 3:45 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:45 AM
Sunset7:09 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:18 AM, Jul 31
Avoid
7:26 AM – 9:06 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:54 PM
Som PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
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Sawan Somwar Vrat
The Mondays of Shravana, kept for Shiva. Water or milk is offered on the linga, many keep a fast through the day, and the temples fill — the Kanwar pilgrimage to fetch Ganga water belongs to this month.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 31 Jul
- Purnima in 3 days Thu, 2 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Sun, 5 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:26 AM – 9:06 AM
10:46 AM – 12:27 PM
2:07 PM – 3:48 PM
11:07 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:34 PM – 5:22 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
Moonrise4:51 PM
Moonset2:27 AM
Indra until 8:36 AM
Balava
Somavara
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