Birth of Lord Krishna — Shravana Krishna Ashtami
Observed with: Fasting · Midnight celebrations · Dahi Handi · Bhajan Sandhya
- కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- 05:58 – 03:12 ↗
- కృష్ణ సప్తమి
- 03:13 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- రేవతి
- 05:58 – 12:21
- అశ్విని
- 12:22 – 05:58 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- శూల
- 05:58 – 21:48
- గండ
- 21:49 – 05:58 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- గరజి
- 05:58 – 14:15
- వణిజ
- 14:16 – 03:12 ↗
- విష్టి
- 03:13 – 05:58 ↗
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.
- మీనం
- 05:58 – 12:21
- మేషం
- 12:22 – 05:58 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- శ్రావణం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- భాద్రపదం · కృష్ణ షష్ఠి
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 →