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Friday, 21 May 2021
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 11:11 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 3:22 PM
Avoid
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Mohini Ekadashi in 2 days Sun, 23 May
- Som Pradosh in 3 days Mon, 24 May
- Purnima in 5 days Wed, 26 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
3:41 PM – 5:22 PM
7:13 AM – 8:54 AM
10:56 AM – 12:45 PM, 3:27 PM – 5:15 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
Moonrise1:38 PM
Moonset1:38 AM
Harshana until 9:08 PM
Kaulava
Shukravara
Your observances
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