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Monday, 8 May 1978
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 11:25 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:44 PM
Avoid
7:19 AM – 8:58 AM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Sat, 13 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Mon, 15 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 10 days Thu, 18 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:19 AM – 8:58 AM
10:38 AM – 12:17 PM
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
10:58 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:23 PM – 5:09 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:12 AM
Moonset8:12 PM
Shobhana until 12:27 AM, May 09
Bava
Somavara
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