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Tuesday, 18 August 2020
What matters on this day
Shravana Krishna Paksha until 10:40 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:53 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:08 AM, Aug 19
Avoid
3:39 PM – 5:16 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mahalaya Amavasya tomorrow Wed, 19 Aug
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Thu, 20 Aug
- Shukla Shashti in 6 days Mon, 24 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:39 PM – 5:16 PM
9:10 AM – 10:47 AM
12:24 PM – 2:01 PM
8:31 AM – 10:15 AM, 5:09 PM – 6:53 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
Moonrise4:44 AM
Moonset6:29 PM
Variyan until 12:34 AM, Aug 19
Shakuni
Mangalavara
Your observances
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