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Monday, 1 May 2023
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 10:10 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:44 AM
Sunset6:52 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:51 PM
Avoid
7:23 AM â 9:01 AM
Auspicious
11:52 AM â 12:44 PM
Mohini EkadashiEkadashi
The fortnightly fast of Vishnu. Twenty-four in an ordinary year, twenty-six when an adhika masa falls, each with its own name and katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
May DayNational holiday
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Coming up
- Pradosh Vrat in 2 days Wed, 3 May
- Purnima in 4 days Fri, 5 May
- Angarki Sankashti Chaturthi in 8 days Tue, 9 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:23 AM â 9:01 AM
10:40 AM â 12:18 PM
1:56 PM â 3:35 PM
10:59 AM â 12:44 PM, 3:22 PM â 5:07 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise2:56 PM
Moonset2:59 AM
Dhruva until 11:43 AM
Vanija
Somavara
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