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Saturday, 18 May 2086

What matters on this day

Vaishakha Shukla Paksha until 2:18 AM, May 19

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise5:32 AM

Sunset7:02 PM

Nakshatra until 4:54 AM, May 19

Avoid 8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

Auspicious — Abhijit Muhurta not considered on Saturday

Shukla ShashtiShashti The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

8:55 AM – 10:36 AM

1:59 PM – 3:40 PM

5:32 AM – 7:14 AM

8:14 AM – 10:02 AM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise10:07 AM

MoonsetN/A

Ganda until 4:44 PM

Kaulava

Shanivara

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