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Thursday, 9 May 1940
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 7:10 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:52 AM, May 10
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 13 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 15 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 9 days Sat, 18 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
5:38 AM – 7:18 AM
8:58 AM – 10:37 AM
12:44 PM – 2:30 PM, 5:10 PM – 6:56 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:42 AM
Moonset8:53 PM
Atiganda until 3:01 AM, May 10
Balava
Guruvara
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