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Tuesday, 5 May 1942
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 11:38 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:41 AM
Sunset7:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:02 PM
Avoid
4:36 PM – 6:15 PM
Auspicious
12:51 PM – 1:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Krishna Shashti tomorrow Wed, 6 May
- Apara Ekadashi in 5 days Sun, 10 May
- Bhauma Pradosh in 7 days Tue, 12 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:36 PM – 6:15 PM
9:59 AM – 11:38 AM
1:18 PM – 2:57 PM
9:20 AM – 11:05 AM, 6:08 PM – 7:54 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
MoonriseN/A
Moonset10:37 AM
Siddha until 8:27 AM
Taitila
Mangalavara
Your observances
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