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Saturday, 19 May 2001

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 9:59 AM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:32 AM

Sunset7:03 PM

Nakshatra until 10:30 AM

Avoid 8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Apara EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

1:59 PM – 3:40 PM

5:32 AM – 7:13 AM

8:14 AM – 10:02 AM

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

Moonrise2:53 AM

Moonset3:32 PM

Priti until 8:22 PM

Balava

Shanivara

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