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Wednesday, 16 May 2029
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 11:20 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:33 AM
Sunset7:01 PM
Nakshatra
until 9:02 PM
Avoid
12:17 PM – 1:58 PM
Auspicious
— Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Wednesday
Parashurama Jayanti
Especially observed along the Konkan coast and in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The appearance day of Parashurama, the sixth avatara — the Brahmin who took up the axe. Kept in the Konkan and by Chitpavan and Bhargava communities, and at the Parashurama temples of the west coast.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Akshaya Tritiya
A day held to be auspicious throughout, on which what is begun or given is said not to diminish. Traditionally a day for charity, for beginning ventures, and — much more recently — for buying gold.
Why today, and how to observe it →
Coming up
- Shukla Shashti in 3 days Sat, 19 May
- Masik Durgashtami in 5 days Mon, 21 May
- Mohini Ekadashi in 8 days Thu, 24 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
12:17 PM – 1:58 PM
7:14 AM – 8:55 AM
10:36 AM – 12:17 PM
1:38 PM – 3:26 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
Moonrise7:23 AM
Moonset9:42 PM
Sukarma until 11:56 AM
Taitila
Budhavara
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