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Tuesday, 8 May 1956
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 10:36 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:11 PM
Avoid
3:37 PM – 5:16 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Amavasya in 2 days Thu, 10 May
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Fri, 11 May
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Tue, 15 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:37 PM – 5:16 PM
8:58 AM – 10:38 AM
12:17 PM – 1:57 PM
8:18 AM – 10:04 AM, 5:10 PM – 6:56 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
Moonrise3:56 AM
Moonset4:50 PM
Priti until 12:18 AM, May 09
Gara
Mangalavara
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