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Tuesday, 22 August 2023
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 3:06 AM, Aug 23
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:57 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:31 AM
Avoid
3:37 PM â 5:13 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:49 PM
Shukla ShashtiShashti
The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Thu, 24 Aug
- Shravana Putrada Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 27 Aug
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 28 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:37 PM â 5:13 PM
9:10 AM â 10:47 AM
12:23 PM â 2:00 PM
8:32 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:07 PM â 6:50 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise10:51 AM
Moonset10:12 PM
Shukla until 10:17 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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