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Saturday, 16 August 2014

What matters on this day

Shravana Krishna Paksha until 6:31 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:54 AM

Sunset6:55 PM

Nakshatra until 10:35 AM

Avoid 9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Krishna 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 →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

9:10 AM – 10:47 AM

2:02 PM – 3:40 PM

5:54 AM – 7:32 AM

8:30 AM – 10:15 AM

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

Moonrise10:51 PM

Moonset11:36 AM

Ganda until 11:54 AM

Vanija

Shanivara

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