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Sunday, 17 May 1970

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 10:50 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:33 AM

Sunset7:01 PM

Nakshatra until 3:44 AM, May 18

Avoid 5:20 PM – 7:01 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:44 PM

Mohini 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 →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

5:20 PM – 7:01 PM

12:17 PM – 1:58 PM

3:39 PM – 5:20 PM

1:38 PM – 3:26 PM, 5:13 PM – 7:01 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:29 PM

Moonset2:55 AM

Vajra until 4:20 PM

Vishti

Ravivara

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