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Monday, 20 August 2012
What matters on this day
Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha until 4:50 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:51 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:10 PM
Avoid
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Thu, 23 Aug
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Sat, 25 Aug
- Padmini Ekadashi in 7 days Mon, 27 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
2:01 PM – 3:37 PM
11:06 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:24 PM – 5:08 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
Moonrise8:20 AM
Moonset8:40 PM
Siddha until 11:03 AM
Gara
Somavara
Your observances
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