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Thursday, 13 May 2021
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 5:39 AM, May 14
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:35 AM
Sunset6:59 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:44 AM, May 14
Avoid
1:58 PM – 3:38 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Tue, 18 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Thu, 20 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 10 days Sun, 23 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:58 PM – 3:38 PM
5:35 AM – 7:16 AM
8:56 AM – 10:37 AM
12:44 PM – 2:31 PM, 5:12 PM – 6:59 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:24 AM
Moonset8:32 PM
Atiganda until 12:49 AM, May 14
Balava
Guruvara
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