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Friday, 24 May 1996
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 6:42 AM, May 25
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset7:06 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:03 PM
Avoid
10:36 AM – 12:18 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
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- Nirjala Ekadashi in 5 days Wed, 29 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 6 days Thu, 30 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:36 AM – 12:18 PM
3:42 PM – 5:24 PM
7:12 AM – 8:54 AM
10:56 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:28 PM – 5:17 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
Moonrise11:01 AM
MoonsetN/A
Dhruva until 10:07 PM
Gara
Shukravara
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