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Tuesday, 16 May 2028
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 5:27 AM, May 17
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:33 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 2:01 AM, May 17
Avoid
3:39 PM – 5:20 PM
Auspicious
11:50 AM – 12:44 PM
KalashtamiAshtami
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Coming up
- Apara Ekadashi in 4 days Sat, 20 May
- Pradosh Vrat in 5 days Sun, 21 May
- Masik Shivaratri in 7 days Tue, 23 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:39 PM – 5:20 PM
8:55 AM – 10:36 AM
12:17 PM – 1:58 PM
8:15 AM – 10:03 AM, 5:13 PM – 7:01 PM
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Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise12:42 AM
Moonset11:58 AM
Brahma until 3:35 PM
Balava
Mangalavara
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