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Saturday, 12 May 2029

What matters on this day

Chaitra Krishna Paksha until 5:10 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:36 AM

Sunset6:59 PM

Nakshatra until 12:18 PM

Avoid 8:57 AM – 10:37 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Masik Shivaratri The monthly night of Shiva: a lighter form of the Maha Shivaratri observance, kept with a fast and worship in the nishita watch. Why today, and how to observe it →

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The rest of today

Inauspicious periods

8:57 AM – 10:37 AM

1:58 PM – 3:38 PM

5:36 AM – 7:16 AM

8:16 AM – 10:03 AM

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

Moonrise4:38 AM

Moonset6:04 PM

Ayushman until 10:37 AM

Shakuni

Shanivara

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