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Tuesday, 21 August 2018
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 7:40 AM, Aug 22
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:33 AM, Aug 22
Avoid
3:37 PM â 5:14 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:49 PM
Shravana Putrada EkadashiEkadashi
The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Thu, 23 Aug
- Purnima in 5 days Sun, 26 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 9 days Thu, 30 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:37 PM â 5:14 PM
9:10 AM â 10:47 AM
12:24 PM â 2:00 PM
8:32 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:07 PM â 6:50 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
Moonrise3:30 PM
Moonset1:12 AM
Vishkumbha until 4:01 PM
Vanija
Mangalavara
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