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Tuesday, 9 August 2022
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 5:46 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:51 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:17 PM
Avoid
3:44 PM – 5:23 PM
Auspicious
12:00 PM – 12:52 PM
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
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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.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Purnima in 3 days Fri, 12 Aug
- Independence Day in 6 days Mon, 15 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Mon, 15 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:44 PM – 5:23 PM
9:08 AM – 10:47 AM
12:26 PM – 2:05 PM
8:29 AM – 10:14 AM, 5:16 PM – 7:02 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
Moonrise4:47 PM
Moonset2:23 AM
Vishkumbha until 11:35 PM
Bava
Mangalavara
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