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Saturday, 18 May 1996
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 6:15 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:36 AM
Avoid
8:55 AM – 10:36 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Chandra Darshan
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Inauspicious periods
8:55 AM – 10:36 AM
1:58 PM – 3:40 PM
5:32 AM – 7:14 AM
8:14 AM – 10:02 AM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise5:55 AM
Moonset8:02 PM
Atiganda until 6:06 PM
Kimstughna
Shanivara
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