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Thursday, 9 May 2024
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 6:21 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset6:57 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:55 AM
Avoid
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Mon, 13 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Wed, 15 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 10 days Sun, 19 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:57 PM – 3:37 PM
5:38 AM – 7:18 AM
8:57 AM – 10:37 AM
12:44 PM – 2:30 PM, 5:10 PM – 6:57 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:20 AM
Moonset8:30 PM
Shobhana until 2:41 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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