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Tuesday, 16 August 2016
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 5:26 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:42 AM, Aug 17
Avoid
3:40 PM – 5:17 PM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 PM
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Thu, 18 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 23 Aug
- Kalashtami in 9 days Thu, 25 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:40 PM – 5:17 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:25 PM – 2:02 PM
8:31 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:11 PM – 6:55 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:35 PM
Moonset3:28 AM
Ayushman until 12:18 AM, Aug 17
Taitila
Mangalavara
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