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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 – 9:10 AM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:50 PM
PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
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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.
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Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Fri, 23 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sat, 24 Aug
- Kalashtami in 7 days Mon, 26 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:33 AM – 9:10 AM
10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
2:01 PM – 3:38 PM
11:06 AM – 12:50 PM, 3:25 PM – 5:09 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
Moonrise6:43 PM
Moonset5:05 AM
Shobhana until 12:46 AM, Aug 20
Vishti
Somavara
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