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Monday, 7 August 2017
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 11:40 PM
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Sunrise5:49 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:32 AM, Aug 08
Avoid
7:29 AM – 9:08 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:53 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
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Sawan Somwar Vrat
The Mondays of Shravana, kept for Shiva. Water or milk is offered on the linga, many keep a fast through the day, and the temples fill — the Kanwar pilgrimage to fetch Ganga water belongs to this month.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Fri, 11 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Sun, 13 Aug
- Kalashtami in 8 days Tue, 15 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:29 AM – 9:08 AM
10:47 AM – 12:26 PM
2:05 PM – 3:45 PM
11:07 AM – 12:53 PM, 3:31 PM – 5:17 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
Moonrise6:56 PM
Moonset5:08 AM
Ayushman until 6:57 PM
Vishti
Somavara
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