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Saturday, 21 May 2016
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 2:44 AM, May 22
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:09 PM
Avoid
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Coming up
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
1:59 PM – 3:41 PM
5:31 AM – 7:13 AM
8:13 AM – 10:02 AM
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
Moonrise6:47 PM
Moonset4:56 AM
Parigha until 12:59 AM, May 22
Vishti
Shanivara
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