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Tuesday, 6 May 2042
What matters on this day
Vaishakha Krishna Paksha until 1:53 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise5:40 AM
Sunset6:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 1:32 PM
Avoid
3:36 PM – 5:16 PM
Auspicious
11:51 AM – 12:44 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Sankashti Chaturthi in 3 days Fri, 9 May
- Krishna Shashti in 5 days Sun, 11 May
- Kalashtami in 7 days Tue, 13 May
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:36 PM – 5:16 PM
8:59 AM – 10:38 AM
12:17 PM – 1:57 PM
8:19 AM – 10:05 AM, 5:09 PM – 6:55 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
Moonrise8:05 PM
Moonset6:08 AM
Variyan until 10:51 PM
Kaulava
Mangalavara
Your observances
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