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Sunday, 21 May 1978
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 9:47 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:00 PM
Avoid
5:22 PM – 7:03 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:22 PM – 7:03 PM
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
3:40 PM – 5:22 PM
1:39 PM – 3:27 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
Moonrise5:57 PM
Moonset4:18 AM
Variyan until 7:38 PM
Gara
Ravivara
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