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Thursday, 5 May 2011
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 3:14 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:41 AM
Sunset6:54 PM
Nakshatra
until 6:27 AM
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:36 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 9 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 11 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 10 days Sun, 15 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:36 PM
5:41 AM – 7:20 AM
8:59 AM – 10:39 AM
12:44 PM – 2:30 PM, 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
Moonrise6:51 AM
Moonset9:00 PM
Shobhana until 6:02 PM
Kaulava
Guruvara
Your observances
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