Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ చవితి
- 05:41 – 16:54
- కృష్ణ పంచమి
- 16:55 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- పూర్వాషాఢ
- 05:41 – 10:13
- ఉత్తరాషాఢ
- 10:14 – 05:41 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శుభ
- 05:41 – 06:36
- శుక్ల
- 06:37 – 04:27 ↗
- బ్రహ్మ
- 04:28 – 05:41 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:41 – 16:54
- కౌలవ
- 16:55 – 04:11 ↗
- తైతిల
- 04:12 – 05:41 ↗
Half a tithi. Eleven karanas rotate through the month; Vishti (Bhadra) is the one commonly avoided.
The weekday, reckoned sunrise to sunrise rather than midnight to midnight.
- ధనస్సు
- 05:41 – 16:05
- మకరం
- 16:06 – 05:41 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ చవితి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- జ్యేష్ఠం · కృష్ణ చవితి
Same day. The month name differs because a purnimanta month ends at the full moon and an amanta month ends at the new moon — so every Krishna-paksha day carries the next month’s name in the North. The tithi, the nakshatra and every timing on this page are identical. Why this happens →