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Thursday, 21 May 2020
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 9:36 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:03 AM, May 22
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:41 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Fri, 22 May
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Sun, 24 May
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Thu, 28 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:41 PM
5:31 AM – 7:13 AM
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
12:45 PM – 2:33 PM, 5:16 PM – 7:04 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
Moonrise4:23 AM
Moonset6:00 PM
Saubhagya until 6:00 AM
Vishti
Guruvara
Your observances
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