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Wednesday, 22 May 1996
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 2:01 AM, May 23
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 4:10 PM
Avoid
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Thu, 23 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Sun, 26 May
- Nirjala Ekadashi in 7 days Wed, 29 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
7:12 AM – 8:54 AM
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
1:39 PM – 3:27 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
Moonrise9:13 AM
Moonset11:15 PM
Ganda until 8:16 PM
Bava
Budhavara
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