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Thursday, 12 May 1949
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 6:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:36 AM
Sunset6:58 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:37 AM, May 13
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:38 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Mon, 16 May
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Wed, 18 May
- Kalashtami in 8 days Fri, 20 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:38 PM
5:36 AM – 7:16 AM
8:57 AM – 10:37 AM
12:44 PM – 2:31 PM, 5:11 PM – 6:58 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:00 PM
Moonset5:11 AM
Variyan until 11:34 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
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