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Monday, 20 July 2020
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 11:02 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:40 AM
Sunset7:14 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:20 PM
Avoid
7:22 AM – 9:03 AM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:54 PM
Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya
The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one.
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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
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 21 Jul
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Wed, 22 Jul
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Sun, 26 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:22 AM – 9:03 AM
10:45 AM – 12:27 PM
2:09 PM – 3:51 PM
11:05 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:37 PM – 5:26 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
Moonrise4:55 AM
Moonset7:06 PM
Harshana until 7:51 PM
Chatushpada
Somavara
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