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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 5:17 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:33 AM

Sunset7:02 PM

Nakshatra until 7:19 AM

Avoid 3:39 PM – 5:21 PM

Auspicious 11:50 AM – 12:44 PM

Mohini EkadashiEkadashi The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha. Why today, and how to observe it →

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

3:39 PM – 5:21 PM

8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

12:17 PM – 1:58 PM

8:15 AM – 10:02 AM, 5:14 PM – 7:02 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise3:15 PM

Moonset2:46 AM

Vajra until 9:22 PM

Vishti

Mangalavara

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