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Tuesday, 22 August 2056
What matters on this day
Shravana Shukla Paksha until 1:39 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:58 AM
Sunset6:49 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:57 AM
Avoid
3:36 PM â 5:12 PM
Auspicious
11:58 AM â 12:49 PM
Bhauma PradoshPradosh
The twice-monthly Shiva observance, kept in the ninety minutes around sunset with abhisheka and the Pradosha stotra.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Mangala Gauri Vrat
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Coming up
- Purnima in 3 days Fri, 25 Aug
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Tue, 29 Aug
- Krishna Shashti in 9 days Thu, 31 Aug
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:36 PM â 5:12 PM
9:11 AM â 10:47 AM
12:23 PM â 2:00 PM
8:32 AM â 10:15 AM, 5:06 PM â 6:49 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
Moonrise4:54 PM
Moonset2:42 AM
Ayushman until 10:27 PM
Balava
Mangalavara
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