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Thursday, 5 May 1988

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 1:31 AM, May 06

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:41 AM

Sunset6:54 PM

Nakshatra until 8:23 AM

Avoid 1:57 PM – 3:36 PM

Auspicious 11:51 AM – 12:44 PM

Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti The monthly Ganesha fast, broken after sighting the moon and offering arghya. The Chaturthi falling on a Tuesday is Angarki Sankashti and is kept more widely. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

1:57 PM – 3:36 PM

5:41 AM – 7:20 AM

8:59 AM – 10:38 AM

12:44 PM – 2:30 PM, 5:08 PM – 6:54 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:28 PM

Moonset8:05 AM

Shiva until 5:24 PM

Bava

Guruvara

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