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Thursday, 2 May 2013
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 3:56 AM, May 03
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:43 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:42 AM, May 03
Avoid
1:56 PM – 3:35 PM
Auspicious
11:52 AM – 12:44 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Varuthini Ekadashi in 3 days Sun, 5 May
- Bhauma Pradosh in 5 days Tue, 7 May
- Amavasya in 7 days Thu, 9 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:56 PM – 3:35 PM
5:43 AM – 7:22 AM
9:00 AM – 10:39 AM
12:44 PM – 2:29 PM, 5:07 PM – 6:52 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:47 AM
Moonset11:46 AM
Shubha until 5:17 PM
Balava
Guruvara
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