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Monday, 19 August 2024
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 11:55 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:56 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:10 AM
Avoid
7:33 AM â 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:50 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Sawan Somwar Vrat
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Fri, 23 Aug
- Kalashtami in 7 days Mon, 26 Aug
- Krishna Janmashtami in 7 days Mon, 26 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:33 AM â 9:10 AM
10:47 AM â 12:24 PM
2:01 PM â 3:38 PM
11:06 AM â 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM â 5:09 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
Moonrise6:43 PM
Moonset5:05 AM
Shobhana until 12:46 AM, Aug 20
Vishti
Somavara
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