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Thursday, 21 May 2026
What matters on this day
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksha until 8:27 AM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:31 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:49 AM, May 22
Avoid
1:59 PM – 3:41 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Shukla Shashti tomorrow Fri, 22 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 2 days Sat, 23 May
- Ganga Dussehra in 4 days Mon, 25 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM – 3:41 PM
5:31 AM – 7:13 AM
8:54 AM – 10:36 AM
12:44 PM – 2:33 PM, 5:15 PM – 7:04 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
Moonrise9:52 AM
Moonset11:50 PM
Ganda until 10:58 AM
Balava
Guruvara
Your observances
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