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Tuesday, 8 July 2031
What matters on this day
Ashadha Krishna Paksha until 10:20 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:33 AM
Sunset7:18 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:49 AM, Jul 09
Avoid
3:52 PM – 5:35 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM – 12:53 PM
Angarki Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti
The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely.
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Mangala Gauri Vrat
The Tuesdays of Shravana, kept by married women — in most families for the first five years of marriage — for the husband's long life and the household's wellbeing. The puja is done in a group where possible, and the katha is recited.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti in 2 days Thu, 10 Jul
- Kalashtami in 3 days Fri, 11 Jul
- Sawan Somwar Vrat in 6 days Mon, 14 Jul
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:52 PM – 5:35 PM
9:00 AM – 10:43 AM
12:26 PM – 2:09 PM
8:18 AM – 10:08 AM, 5:28 PM – 7:18 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
Moonrise10:21 PM
Moonset9:15 AM
Ayushman until 12:13 AM, Jul 09
Balava
Mangalavara
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