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Monday, 16 August 2021
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 7:45 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:54 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:02 AM, Aug 17
Avoid
7:32 AM – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 12:51 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
The monthly Ashtami observances. Masik Durgashtami in the bright fortnight is the household's monthly Durga observance and the monthly echo of Maha Ashtami in Navaratri. Kalashtami in the dark fortnight belongs to Bhairava and is kept in the night.
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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.
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 17 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 2 days Wed, 18 Aug
- Pradosh Vrat in 4 days Fri, 20 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:32 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:25 PM
2:02 PM – 3:40 PM
11:07 AM – 12:51 PM, 3:27 PM – 5:11 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise1:32 PM
MoonsetN/A
Indra until 2:55 AM, Aug 17
Bava
Somavara
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