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Sunday, 17 May 2026
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 9:41 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:33 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:32 PM
Avoid
5:20 PM – 7:01 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
That is a real answer, not a gap — most days of the year are ordinary days,
and a calendar that always has something to sell you is not a calendar.
Coming up
- Chandra Darshan tomorrow Mon, 18 May
- Shukla Shashti in 5 days Fri, 22 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 6 days Sat, 23 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
5:20 PM – 7:01 PM
12:17 PM – 1:58 PM
3:39 PM – 5:20 PM
1:38 PM – 3:26 PM, 5:14 PM – 7:01 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
Moonrise5:42 AM
Moonset7:53 PM
Shobhana until 6:15 AM
Kimstughna
Ravivara
Your observances
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