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Tuesday, 11 August 2015
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 4:59 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:51 AM
Sunset7:00 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:58 PM
Avoid
3:43 PM – 5:22 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:52 PM
Bhauma 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 →
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.
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Coming up
- Amavasya in 3 days Fri, 14 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 5 days Sun, 16 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 17 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:43 PM – 5:22 PM
9:09 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:04 PM
8:29 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:15 PM – 7:00 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
Moonrise2:31 AM
Moonset4:49 PM
Harshana until 6:12 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
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