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Friday, 15 May 2026
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 8:31 AM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:34 AM
Sunset7:00 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:14 PM
Avoid
10:36 AM â 12:17 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM â 12:44 PM
Vrishabha Sankranti
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Masik Shivaratri
The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Coming up
- Amavasya tomorrow Sat, 16 May
- Chandra Darshan in 3 days Mon, 18 May
- Shukla Shashti in 7 days Fri, 22 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
10:36 AM â 12:17 PM
3:39 PM â 5:19 PM
7:15 AM â 8:56 AM
10:57 AM â 12:44 PM, 3:25 PM â 5:13 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise4:09 AM
Moonset5:32 PM
Ayushman until 2:21 PM
Vanija
Shukravara
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