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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

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 →

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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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