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Tuesday, 9 May 1978
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 12:58 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:01 PM
Avoid
3:37 PM – 5:17 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Sat, 13 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Mon, 15 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 9 days Thu, 18 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:37 PM – 5:17 PM
8:58 AM – 10:37 AM
12:17 PM – 1:57 PM
8:18 AM – 10:04 AM, 5:10 PM – 6:56 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
Moonrise6:54 AM
Moonset9:06 PM
Atiganda until 12:50 AM, May 10
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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