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Sunday, 19 May 1985

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 3:11 AM, May 20

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:32 AM

Sunset7:02 PM

Nakshatra until 10:04 AM

Avoid 5:21 PM – 7:02 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:44 PM

AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

5:21 PM – 7:02 PM

12:17 PM – 1:59 PM

3:40 PM – 5:21 PM

1:38 PM – 3:26 PM, 5:14 PM – 7:02 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise4:57 AM

Moonset6:44 PM

Shobhana until 8:18 PM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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