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Tuesday, 2 August 2016
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 2:14 AM, Aug 03
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:47 AM
Sunset7:07 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:52 AM, Aug 03
Avoid
3:47 PM – 5:27 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:53 PM
Bhaumvati AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
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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
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Thu, 4 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Mon, 8 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 8 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:47 PM – 5:27 PM
9:07 AM – 10:47 AM
12:27 PM – 2:07 PM
8:27 AM – 10:13 AM, 5:20 PM – 7:07 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
Moonrise4:54 AM
Moonset6:54 PM
Siddhi until 1:32 AM, Aug 03
Chatushpada
Mangalavara
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