Times below are calculated for New Delhi because you
haven't told us where you are yet. Sunrise, moonrise and every muhurta window
move with location — often by more than an hour.
Set your location and tradition →
● Back to today · May 1979 calendar
Friday, 4 May 1979
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 11:11 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:42 AM
Sunset6:53 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:07 AM, May 05
Avoid
10:39 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Masik DurgashtamiAshtami
We publish this date from the calculation engine.
The guide for this observance isn't written yet — we'd rather say so than
fill the page.
Coming up
- Mohini Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 7 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 9 May
- Purnima in 8 days Sat, 12 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:39 AM – 12:18 PM
3:35 PM – 5:14 PM
7:21 AM – 9:00 AM
10:59 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:22 PM – 5:08 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
Moonrise12:04 PM
Moonset1:02 AM
Ganda until 5:49 PM
Vishti
Shukravara
Your observances
Nothing saved yet. Saved vrats and family dates arrive with accounts in the next phase; for now the vrat calendar lists every recurring observance with its upcoming dates, and every festival page has a calendar subscription link.