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Monday, 19 May 1997
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 2:06 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:37 AM, May 20
Avoid
7:13 AM – 8:55 AM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Purnima in 3 days Thu, 22 May
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Mon, 26 May
- Kalashtami in 10 days Thu, 29 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:13 AM – 8:55 AM
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
1:59 PM – 3:40 PM
10:56 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:26 PM – 5:14 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
Moonrise4:19 PM
Moonset3:22 AM
Siddhi until 2:23 PM
Balava
Somavara
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