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Monday, 25 May 1998

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 1:02 AM, May 26

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:29 AM

Sunset7:06 PM

Nakshatra until 12:08 AM, May 26

Avoid 7:12 AM – 8:54 AM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:45 PM

Somvati AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

7:12 AM – 8:54 AM

10:36 AM – 12:18 PM

2:00 PM – 3:42 PM

10:56 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:28 PM – 5:17 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise4:48 AM

Moonset6:49 PM

Atiganda until 11:21 PM

Chatushpada

Somavara

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