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Saturday, 9 May 1953

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 9:29 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:38 AM

Sunset6:56 PM

Nakshatra until 2:36 PM

Avoid 8:58 AM – 10:37 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Parama EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:58 AM – 10:37 AM

1:57 PM – 3:37 PM

5:38 AM – 7:18 AM

8:18 AM – 10:04 AM

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

Moonrise2:45 AM

Moonset2:58 PM

Vaidhriti until 4:50 PM

Bava

Shanivara

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