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Tuesday, 21 May 2024
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 5:40 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 5:46 AM
Avoid
3:41 PM – 5:22 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Purnima in 2 days Thu, 23 May
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 6 days Mon, 27 May
- Krishna Shashti in 8 days Wed, 29 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:41 PM – 5:22 PM
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
8:13 AM – 10:02 AM, 5:16 PM – 7:04 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
Moonrise5:10 PM
Moonset3:50 AM
Vyatipata until 12:35 PM
Taitila
Mangalavara
Your observances
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