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Tuesday, 16 May 2006
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 10:36 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:34 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:18 PM
Avoid
3:39 PM – 5:20 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi tomorrow Wed, 17 May
- Krishna Shashti in 3 days Fri, 19 May
- Kalashtami in 4 days Sat, 20 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:39 PM – 5:20 PM
8:55 AM – 10:36 AM
12:17 PM – 1:58 PM
8:15 AM – 10:03 AM, 5:13 PM – 7:01 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
Moonrise10:12 PM
Moonset7:50 AM
Siddha until 1:02 PM
Vishti
Mangalavara
Your observances
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