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Tuesday, 5 May 1998
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 5:54 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:41 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:35 PM
Avoid
3:36 PM – 5:15 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mohini Ekadashi in 2 days Thu, 7 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Fri, 8 May
- Purnima in 6 days Mon, 11 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:36 PM – 5:15 PM
8:59 AM – 10:38 AM
12:18 PM – 1:57 PM
8:20 AM – 10:05 AM, 5:08 PM – 6:54 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
Moonrise1:40 PM
Moonset2:06 AM
Dhruva until 2:20 AM, May 06
Kaulava
Mangalavara
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