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Sunday, 21 May 1961
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 6:00 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:34 AM, May 22
Avoid
5:22 PM – 7:03 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Tue, 23 May
- Padmini Ekadashi in 5 days Fri, 26 May
- Shani Pradosh in 6 days Sat, 27 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:22 PM – 7:03 PM
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
3:40 PM – 5:22 PM
1:39 PM – 3:27 PM, 5:15 PM – 7:03 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
Moonrise10:55 AM
MoonsetN/A
Vriddhi until 9:28 AM
Taitila
Ravivara
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