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Thursday, 21 May 1970
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 9:07 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:04 AM, May 22
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:40 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Sun, 24 May
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Tue, 26 May
- Kalashtami in 7 days Thu, 28 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:40 PM
5:31 AM – 7:13 AM
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
12:44 PM – 2:33 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
Moonrise7:30 PM
Moonset5:24 AM
Parigha until 10:31 AM
Bava
Guruvara
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