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Monday, 17 July 2023
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 12:01 AM, Jul 18
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset7:16 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:11 AM, Jul 18
Avoid
7:20 AM – 9:02 AM
Auspicious
11:59 AM – 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
- Chandra Darshan in 2 days Wed, 19 Jul
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Mon, 24 Jul
- Masik Durgashtami in 9 days Wed, 26 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:20 AM – 9:02 AM
10:44 AM – 12:27 PM
2:09 PM – 3:51 PM
11:05 AM – 12:54 PM, 3:38 PM – 5:27 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
Moonrise4:57 AM
Moonset7:07 PM
Vyaghata until 8:57 AM
Chatushpada
Somavara
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