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

Tithi in Panchang – Hindu Calendar on Thursday, 20 May 2021 – It is Shukla Paksha Ashtami Tithi or the eighth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Hindu calendar and Panchang in most regions. It is Shukla Paksha Ashtami Tithi or the eighth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 6:47 AM on May 20. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Navami Tithi or the ninth day during the waxing or light phase of moon till 5:38 AM on May 21. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India. All time based on India Standard Time. 

Good – Auspicious time on May 20, 2021 as per Hindu Calendar – There is no good and auspicious time on the entire day. 

Nakshatra – Magha or Makam Nakshatra till 11:05 AM on May 20. Then onward it is Pooram or Purva Phalguni Nakshatra till 10:36 AM on May 21. (Time applicable in north, south and eastern parts of India). 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, north Karnataka and south Rajasthan), Magha or Makam Nakshatra till 3:58 PM on May 20. Then onward it is Pooram or Purva Phalguni Nakshatra till 3:23 PM on May 21. 

Rashi or Moon Sign – Karka Rashi till 11:07 AM on May 19. Then onward it is Simha Rashi till 4:24 PM on May 21. (Time applicable in all north, south and eastern parts of India.) 

In western parts of India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and south Rajasthan), Karka Rashi till 3:48 PM on May 19. Then onward it is Simha Rashi till 9:07 PM on May 21.  

Festivals, Vrat and Auspicious days – Bagalamukhi Jayanti - Monthly Durga Ashtami fasting

Kali Yuga Year – 5123 

Vikram Samvat 2078 – Vaishakh Shukla Paksha Ashtami Tithi or the eighth 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 Ashtami Tithi or the eighth 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 Ashtami Tithi or the eighth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Maharashtra and Goa. (It is Shukla Paksha Ashtami Tithi or the eighth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:23 PM on May 20. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Navami Tithi or the ninth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 11:11 AM on May 21.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

Vikram Samvat 2077 – Vaishakh Shukla Paksha Ashtami Tithi or the eighth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month in Gujarat. (It is Shukla Paksha Ashtami Tithi or the eighth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 12:23 PM on May 20. Then onward it is Shukla Paksha Navami Tithi or the ninth day during the waxing or light phase of moon in Vaishakh month till 11:11 AM on May 21.) (This time is applicable only in western parts of India.) 

6th day of Vaigasi Masam in Tamil Calendar followed in Tamil Nadu. (Plava Nama Year)
6th day of Edava Masam in Malayalam Calendar in Kerala. (Kolla Varsham 1196)
5th day of Jyeshta Month in Calendars followed in Assam and Bengal. (Bengali Year 1428) 

Bad Period on May 20, 2021

Rahukalam – 2:03 PM to 3:43 PM
Yamagandam – 5:45 AM to 7:24 AM
Gulikai – 9:04 AM to 10:44 AM
Durmuhurtham – 10:11 AM to 11:04 AM
Durmuhurtham – 3:30 PM to 4:23 PM
Varjyam – 3:53 AM to 3:30 AM
Varjyam – 11:46 PM on May 20 to 1:20 AM on May 21 

Panchak (bad) – not present 

Good Period on May 20, 2021

Abhijit Muhurta – 11:59 AM to 12:48 PM
Amrita Kalam – 1:33 PM to 3:09 PM
Sarvartha Siddhi Yog – not present
Amrita Siddhi Yog – not present
Dwipushkar Yog – not present
Tripushkar Yog – not present
Ravi Yog – from 11:05 AM 

Yog – Dhruva (good) till 1:10 AM on May 20. Then onward it is Vyaghata (bad) till 11:27 PM on May 20. Then onward it is Harshana (good) till 9:09 PM on May 21. 

Karana – Vishti or Bhadra (bad) till 12:42 AM on May 20. Then onward it is Bava (good) till 12:23 PM on May 20. Then onward it is Balava (good) till 11:53 PM on May 20. Then onward it is Kaulava (good) till 11:11 AM on May 21. 

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