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Wednesday, 20 May 1959
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 2:00 AM, May 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:50 PM
Avoid
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Fri, 22 May
- Krishna Shashti in 7 days Wed, 27 May
- Kalashtami in 9 days Fri, 29 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
7:13 AM – 8:55 AM
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
1:38 PM – 3:26 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
Moonrise4:45 PM
Moonset3:33 AM
Vyatipata until 12:40 AM, May 21
Kaulava
Budhavara
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