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Saturday, 8 May 2021
What matters on this day
Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 5:21 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:56 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:46 PM
Avoid
8:58 AM – 10:38 AM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday
Coming up
- Bhaumvati Amavasya in 3 days Tue, 11 May
- Chandra Darshan in 5 days Thu, 13 May
- Shukla Shashti in 10 days Tue, 18 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
8:58 AM – 10:38 AM
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
5:39 AM – 7:18 AM
8:18 AM – 10:04 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
Moonrise3:31 AM
Moonset4:07 PM
Vishkumbha until 7:58 PM
Taitila
Shanivara
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