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Thursday, 20 May 2004
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 12:45 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:11 AM, May 21
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:40 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Tue, 25 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Thu, 27 May
- Nirjala Ekadashi in 10 days Sun, 30 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:40 PM
5:31 AM – 7:13 AM
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
12:44 PM – 2:33 PM, 5:15 PM – 7:03 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:05 AM
Moonset8:15 PM
Atiganda until 6:24 AM
Bava
Guruvara
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