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Sunday, 24 May 1942
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 2:49 AM, May 25
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset7:05 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:23 AM, May 25
Avoid
5:23 PM – 7:05 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:23 PM – 7:05 PM
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
3:41 PM – 5:23 PM
1:39 PM – 3:28 PM, 5:16 PM – 7:05 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
Moonrise1:01 PM
Moonset1:13 AM
Harshana until 12:33 AM, May 25
Balava
Ravivara
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