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Thursday, 20 May 2027
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 4:29 PM
New Delhi ¡ purnimanta reckoning ¡ change
Sunrise5:32 AM
Sunset7:03 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:21 PM
Avoid
1:59 PM â 3:40 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM â 12:44 PM
Buddha Purnima / Vesak
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PurnimaPurnima
The monthly full moon. Kept with a fast in many households, and very commonly with the Satyanarayana vrata katha.
Why today, and how to observe it â
Observed elsewhere today
not in your regionComing up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 4 days Mon, 24 May
- Krishna Shashti in 6 days Wed, 26 May
- Kalashtami in 9 days Sat, 29 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
1:59 PM â 3:40 PM
5:32 AM â 7:13 AM
8:54 AM â 10:36 AM
12:44 PM â 2:33 PM, 5:15 PM â 7:03 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival â an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More â
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise7:09 PM
Moonset5:12 AM
Parigha until 10:26 PM
Bava
Guruvara
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