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Tuesday, 19 May 2026
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 2:18 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:41 AM
Avoid
3:40 PM – 5:21 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Fri, 22 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 4 days Sat, 23 May
- Ganga Dussehra in 6 days Mon, 25 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:40 PM – 5:21 PM
8:55 AM – 10:36 AM
12:17 PM – 1:59 PM
8:14 AM – 10:02 AM, 5:14 PM – 7:03 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
Moonrise7:40 AM
Moonset10:05 PM
Dhriti until 5:48 PM
Gara
Mangalavara
Your observances
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