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Friday, 9 May 2025
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 2:56 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:38 AM
Sunset6:57 PM
Nakshatra
until 12:09 AM, May 10
Avoid
10:37 AM – 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
Coming up
- Chitra Pournami in 3 days Mon, 12 May
- Purnima in 3 days Mon, 12 May
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 7 days Fri, 16 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:37 AM – 12:17 PM
3:37 PM – 5:17 PM
7:18 AM – 8:58 AM
10:57 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:24 PM – 5:10 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
Moonrise4:13 PM
Moonset3:34 AM
Vajra until 2:57 AM, May 10
Balava
Shukravara
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