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Sunday, 15 May 1988

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 3:40 AM, May 16

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:34 AM

Sunset7:00 PM

Nakshatra until 7:03 PM

Avoid 5:20 PM – 7:00 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

5:20 PM – 7:00 PM

12:17 PM – 1:58 PM

3:39 PM – 5:20 PM

1:38 PM – 3:25 PM, 5:13 PM – 7:00 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise4:53 AM

Moonset6:38 PM

Saubhagya until 11:37 AM

Chatushpada

Ravivara

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