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Monday, 28 August 2023
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 6:23 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:43 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:43 AM, Aug 29
Avoid
7:36 AM – 9:11 AM
Auspicious
11:56 AM – 12:47 PM
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Coming up
- Mangala Gauri Vrat tomorrow Tue, 29 Aug
- Purnima in 3 days Thu, 31 Aug
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Sun, 3 Sep
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:36 AM – 9:11 AM
10:46 AM – 12:22 PM
1:57 PM – 3:33 PM
11:06 AM – 12:47 PM, 3:20 PM – 5:02 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:42 PM
Moonset2:29 AM
Ayushman until 9:55 AM
Bava
Somavara
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