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Monday, 18 May 2026
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 5:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:33 AM
Sunset7:02 PM
Nakshatra
until 11:32 AM
Avoid
7:14 AM – 8:55 AM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
Chandra Darshan
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 4 days Fri, 22 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Sat, 23 May
- Ganga Dussehra in 7 days Mon, 25 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
7:14 AM – 8:55 AM
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
1:58 PM – 3:40 PM
10:56 AM – 12:44 PM, 3:26 PM – 5:14 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise6:38 AM
Moonset9:02 PM
Sukarma until 9:47 PM
Balava
Somavara
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