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Saturday, 16 May 2026

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 1:31 AM, May 17

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:34 AM

Sunset7:01 PM

Nakshatra until 5:30 PM

Avoid 8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

AmavasyaAmavasya The monthly new moon: the day for ancestral offerings — tarpana and where kept, shraddha. Mahalaya Amavasya in Ashvina is the year's principal one. Why today, and how to observe it →

Observed elsewhere today

not in your region

Sabitri Amabasya (Savitri Brata) Kept in Odisha (Odia)

Coming up

The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

1:58 PM – 3:39 PM

5:34 AM – 7:14 AM

8:15 AM – 10:03 AM

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

Moonrise4:53 AM

Moonset6:42 PM

Saubhagya until 10:25 AM

Chatushpada

Shanivara

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