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Friday, 12 May 2023
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 9:07 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:36 AM
Sunset6:58 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:03 PM
Avoid
10:37 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Kalashtami tomorrow Sat, 13 May
- Apara Ekadashi in 3 days Mon, 15 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Wed, 17 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:37 AM – 12:17 PM
3:38 PM – 5:18 PM
7:16 AM – 8:57 AM
10:57 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:24 PM – 5:11 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
Moonrise12:34 AM
Moonset11:43 AM
Shukla until 12:16 PM
Bava
Shukravara
Your observances
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