Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Vikrama Samvat	2057	Shravana	31
Shaka Samvat	1922	Shravana	24
Hijri	1421	Jamadi-Ul-Avva	14
Shravana Poornima up to 10.45 a.m. The fifteenth lunar day of the bright half of Shravana Dhanishtha Nakshatra up to2.12 a.m.  (Aug 16) The moon enters Aquarius at 1.03 p.m. Beginning of Panchaka at 1.03 p.m. Shrawani Poornima Rakshabandhan (Rakhi) Krishana Yajurvedi upakarma day (A ceremony held prior to the reading of Vedas) Amarnath cave darshan (Kashmir) Independence Day