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Sunday, 21 May 2023
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 10:10 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:04 AM
Avoid
5:22 PM – 7:04 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Thu, 25 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 7 days Sun, 28 May
- Nirjala Ekadashi in 10 days Wed, 31 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:22 PM – 7:04 PM
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
3:40 PM – 5:22 PM
1:39 PM – 3:27 PM, 5:15 PM – 7:04 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:34 AM
Moonset8:52 PM
Sukarma until 4:43 PM
Balava
Ravivara
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