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Thursday, 6 May 2021
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 2:11 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:40 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 10:32 AM
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:36 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Varuthini Ekadashi tomorrow Fri, 7 May
- Shani Pradosh in 2 days Sat, 8 May
- Bhaumvati Amavasya in 5 days Tue, 11 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:36 PM
5:40 AM – 7:19 AM
8:59 AM – 10:38 AM
12:44 PM – 2:30 PM, 5:09 PM – 6:55 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
Moonrise2:28 AM
Moonset2:20 PM
Indra until 7:20 PM
Vishti
Guruvara
Your observances
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