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Friday, 20 May 1988
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 4:36 AM, May 21
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:29 PM
Avoid
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Sat, 21 May
- Shukla Shashti in 2 days Sun, 22 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Tue, 24 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
3:40 PM – 5:22 PM
7:13 AM – 8:54 AM
10:56 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:27 PM – 5:15 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
Moonrise9:05 AM
Moonset11:12 PM
Ganda until 5:28 AM, May 21
Bava
Shukravara
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