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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 – 5:14 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 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.
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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
- 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 – 5:14 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:24 PM – 2:00 PM
8:32 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:07 PM – 6:50 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
Moonrise3:30 PM
Moonset1:12 AM
Vishkumbha until 4:01 PM
Vanija
Mangalavara
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