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Thursday, 24 May 2018
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 6:18 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset7:05 PM
Nakshatra
until 7:45 PM
Avoid
2:00 PM – 3:42 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Padmini Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 25 May
- Shani Pradosh in 2 days Sat, 26 May
- Purnima in 5 days Tue, 29 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
2:00 PM – 3:42 PM
5:30 AM – 7:12 AM
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
12:45 PM – 2:34 PM, 5:17 PM – 7:05 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
Moonrise2:18 PM
Moonset1:59 AM
Vajra until 9:00 PM
Taitila
Guruvara
Your observances
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