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Sunday, 8 May 2016
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 5:51 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:06 AM, May 09
Avoid
5:17 PM – 6:56 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Thu, 12 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sat, 14 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 9 days Tue, 17 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:17 PM – 6:56 PM
12:17 PM – 1:57 PM
3:37 PM – 5:17 PM
1:37 PM – 3:23 PM, 5:10 PM – 6:56 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:41 AM
Moonset8:57 PM
Shobhana until 9:01 AM
Balava
Ravivara
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