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Tuesday, 18 May 1943
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 7:44 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset8:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:27 AM, May 19
Avoid
4:39 PM – 6:20 PM
Auspicious
12:50 PM – 1:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Purnima tomorrow Wed, 19 May
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 5 days Sun, 23 May
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Tue, 25 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
4:39 PM – 6:20 PM
9:55 AM – 11:36 AM
1:17 PM – 2:58 PM
9:15 AM – 11:02 AM, 6:14 PM – 8:01 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
Moonrise6:36 PM
Moonset5:10 AM
Vyatipata until 2:45 PM
Taitila
Mangalavara
Your observances
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