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Monday, 12 August 2019
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 12:06 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:52 AM
Sunset6:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:51 AM, Aug 13
Avoid
7:30 AM â 9:09 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM â 12:52 PM
Som PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 13 Aug
- Purnima in 3 days Thu, 15 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Mon, 19 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:30 AM â 9:09 AM
10:47 AM â 12:26 PM
2:04 PM â 3:42 PM
11:07 AM â 12:52 PM, 3:29 PM â 5:14 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
Moonrise4:59 PM
Moonset2:43 AM
Vishkumbha until 10:18 AM
Balava
Somavara
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