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Tuesday, 9 August 2016
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 8:14 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:51 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:52 AM
Avoid
3:44 PM â 5:22 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM â 12:52 PM
Shukla 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 â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 11 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 14 Aug
- Som Pradosh in 6 days Mon, 15 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:44 PM â 5:22 PM
9:08 AM â 10:47 AM
12:26 PM â 2:05 PM
8:29 AM â 10:14 AM, 5:16 PM â 7:01 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise11:28 AM
Moonset10:51 PM
Shubha until 12:58 AM, Aug 10
Taitila
Mangalavara
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