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18 May 2021 Tithi - Panchang - Hindu Calendar - Good Time - Nakshatra – Rashi

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Tuesday, 18 May 2021 – It is Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 7:37 AM on May 18. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Saptami Tithi or the seventh day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 7:26 AM on May 19. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time. 

Good – Auspicious time on May 18, 2021 as per Hindu Calendar – Good and auspicious time on the entire day. 

Nakshatra – Pushya or Poosam or Pooyam Nakshatra till 10:41 AM on May 18. Then onward it is Aslesha or Ayilyam Nakshatra till 11:07 AM on May 19. (Time applicable in north, south and eastern parts of India). 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, north Karnataka and south Rajasthan), Pushya or Poosam or Pooyam Nakshatra till 2:55 PM on May 18. Then onward it is Ashlesha or Ayilyam Nakshatra till 3:48 PM on May 19. 

Rashi or Moon Sign – Mithuna Rashi till 3:21 AM on May 17. Then onward it is Karka Rashi till 11:07 AM on May 19. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India.) 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and south Rajasthan), Mithuna Rashi till 6:53 AM on May 17. Then onward it is Karka Rashi till 3:48 PM on May 19.  

Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti - Muruga Sashti Fasting - Chandan Sashti - Kamda Saptai - Ganga Saptami

Kali Yuga Year – 5123 

Vikram Samvat 2078 – Vaishakh Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month in North India - Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir. 

Plava Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1943 – Vaishakh Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 

Plava Nama Samvatsara/ Shalivahana Saka 1943 – Vaishakh Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Maharashtra and Goa. (It is Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:33 PM on May 18. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Saptami Tithi or the seventh day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:50 PM on May 19.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

Vikram Samvat 2077 – Vaishakh Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Gujarat. (It is Shukla Paksha Sashti Tithi or the sixth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:33 PM on May 18. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Saptami Tithi or the seventh day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:50 PM on May 19.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

4th day of Vaigasi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu. (Plava Nama Year)
4th day of Edava Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala. (Kolla Varsham 1196)
3rd day of Jyeshta Month in Calendars followed in Assam and Bengal. (Bengali Year 1428) 

Bad Period on May 18, 2021

Rahukalam – 3:42 PM to 5:22 PM
Yamagandam – 9:05 AM to 10:44 AM
Gulikai – 12:23 PM to 2:03 PM
Durmuhurtham – 8:25 AM to 9:18 AM
Durmuhurtham – 11:19 PM to 12:01 AM
Varjyam – not present 

Panchak (bad) – not present 

Good Period on May 18, 2021

Abhijit Muhurta – 11:59 AM to 12:47 PM
Amrita Kalam – 8:07 AM to 9:49 AM
Sarvartha Siddhi Yog – 9:45 PM on May 17 to 10:43 AM on May 18
Amrita Siddhi Yog – not present
Dwipushkar Yog – not present
Tripushkar Yog – not present
Ravi Yog – till 10:41 AM 

Yog – Ganda (bad) till 2:49 AM on May 18. Then onward it is Vriddhi (good) till 2:16 AM on May 19. 

Karana – Kaulava (good) till 12:09 AM on May 18. Then onward it is Taitila (good) till 12:33 PM on May 18. Then onward it is Garaja (good) till 12:47 AM on May 19. 

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