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Friday, 21 May 1976
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 3:35 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:32 AM, May 22
Avoid
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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- Apara Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 24 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 26 May
- Amavasya in 7 days Fri, 28 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
3:41 PM – 5:22 PM
7:13 AM – 8:54 AM
10:56 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:27 PM – 5:15 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:57 AM
Moonset12:30 PM
Indra until 9:44 AM
Kaulava
Shukravara
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